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The spring garden is about done. Only tomatoes and peppers still producing.

Weather was somewhat different than average. Between the intermittent heavy rains, and the heat, garden weeding did not go as planned; in fact had to weed the garden once with by weed-eater

Swiss chard did well, as did the zucchini. Green beans had the best results I can remember!. Peppers did well; and the tomatoes are up there with our best years.

The spring rains caused us to be about 3 weeks late with the garden. The turnips were good early; but the summer heat turned the turnips strong and so tough it required a chain saw to peel them, so we just plowed them under. Beets were just fair.

For those with similar issues, the electric fence COMPLETELY controlled the deer and the 410 controlled the rabbits. Since erecting the electric fence, have seen deer within 50 feet of the garden, with no interest in trying the fence.

And for the first time in 70 years of gardening, just finished planting a fall garden. Will be interesting to see how well this works.

Jon