Gardening In Containers

This is the extent of our garden this year, which is definitely better than last year.  Last year was so overwhelming that there wasn't a garden!  Our challenge here on this property is to find a location that gets enough sun for the plants to grow.  This is an experimental year -- I will be keeping close track of our yields and depending on the results, we will make the decision whether to till up the ground and plant direct, or continue gardening in the Earth Boxes for future years.  Our variety of plants is small -- 3 containers of tomatoes, 1 of zucchini, 1 of crook neck squash, 1 of cucumbers, 1 of bell peppers, 1 of watermelon, and 1 of spaghetti squash.  There is an unbelievable number of blooms on all of the plants, so we are anticipating a huge first crop.  Unless the deer find them first.  I can count on one hand the times that we have seen any deer (very surprising given how wooded our property is!), so we are cautiously optimistic!