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ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Who wants a kitchen garden?
Who wants to care for a kitchen garden? It’s not as simple as putting seeds into the ground and waiting until it grows. You have to dig up the site. You have to water it in a drought. You have to pull out the weed. You might even have to fight against insects, or use fertilizer. 19 out of 20 people I knew had given up on the idea of a kitchen garden.
I am a successful gardener.
You can’t and don’t want to eat 20lbs of tomato in a week. I use maybe 2-4lbs and the rest of it rots.
And that’s how crops come in, all at the same time in abundance. It’s not like you can pick 4 tomatoes each day and they just hang out for weeks on the vine.
Then there’s me who has a black hand. Damned near every plant I’ve intentionally tried to grow has died, including the sturdy ones.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Also, groundhogs will fuck up your garden, and they dig tunnels and climb fences. You have to basically build a big cage around your garden, floor included.
snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Not my garden :) groundhogs don’t exist here
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
one of my friend has a pretty elaborate garden setup.
he has a groundhog execution chamber too.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I box trap them (they love cantaloupes) and haul them off to a neighboring town. I’m not sure how humane it is since they usually tear off their claws trying to get out of the trap. And momma hog is too smart to go in the trap, so I only get the kids.