Thanks for your post, MissMagnolia. We truly are able to commiserate with each other!
I guess with this being my 2nd year at serious study of gardening and my first ever to try for vegetables, I’m not doing to terribly. It is quite humbling to realize that there is so very much to learn, and such a need for patience, research, vigilance, and ACTION!
I’m so grateful for this thread and all its participants who are helping accelerate my attempts.
That's why I just shake my head at preppers that 'have some packages of open pollinated seeds' and no skills or practice. As far as I'm concerned, that's just a way to starve while having a little hope. ;)
It takes a few years of practice to actually get crops on a regular basis.
/johnny
We all started somewhere along the line at zero, ya know?