Oh, I agree. I’m just saying that those ‘newbies’ who saw how much work it takes probably won’t be doing it again. ;)
I had a bad growing season last year; I actually had to pay cash money for Salsa last week! Just about KILLED me, LOL!
My year wasn’t great but that was more a matter of unpreventable neglect.
I just couldn’t do what I wanted to with it.
This year, however, it’s going gangbusters.
I’m fighting off the colorado potato beetles and will be on vacation for 10 days and unfortunately not be able to do anything about them.
I’m treating the undersides of the potatoes with Neem oil, and I will be dusting what I can with a mixture of DE and chili pepper.
I tried that last year and expected to burn the leaves of my tomatoes and they just took it in stride and it seemed to be a big help with the tomato hornworms.
This year I planted herbs, especially basil, all over the place and will do my mixture again and hopefully not have any hornworms.