We Take Our Gardening Seriously

The deer won round 1 last year, eating everything except the pumpkins. We sure enjoyed those pumpkins, though. I never knew that they tasted so good, with just butter and salt. We'll be planting more this year. And we should be able to get a good harvest now that our deer-proof fence is up.

Farmhand Mark designed the fence; Richard, James, and Mark drilled the holes and set the posts. Mama and Mark put up the wire fence, gate, and strung the lines above the fence. The fence measures 60 feet wide and 80 feet in length.
Got 8 rows of corn, 8 tomato plants, and 6 rows of okra planted. Still a lot left to plant.

Took the deer netting down from around the fruit trees so that I could mow and prune the trees. We have some peaches, nectarines, plums, pears, and apples forming. The deer killed 2 of 3 fig trees. Might have to get a dog, or two.