@moms2goldens,
Thank you, Linda! LOL, yes, we have certainly harvested more than I ever expected, but as a new gardener, I really didn't know what to expect! That day of harvesting peas and carrots was a bear of a day!! No kidding, it was a full 11-hour day from harvest to freezer! Never, again! Next time, I'll break it into more manageable time segments. We had no idea what we were actually tackling. I spent 5 consecutive hours just shucking peas and I'm not exaggerating. It was down right brutal!
We have free range cattle here, so without a general fence, the cows can literally walk up and wipe out any vegetation. The jack rabbits and cottontails are thick and brazen... They have destroyed most everything with a fence around it and even somehow jumped into my goji Berry last week and almost took it out. I have a few green leaves on it, but it might be touch and go as it is its first year. Needless to say, it now has a wire top on it.
Our only saving grace on the garden beds is the chicken wire fencing - which is at least 3 feet from the ground - maybe 4 as it sits on top of the actual raised beds.
I'm real sorry to hear about your critter invasion... They can totally frustrate me, too!!
Here's our first squash harvest last week plus some photo memories of that fateful kitchen day!!
