We have wild blackberry bushes and in previous years the berries tasted really good. This year they weren’t sweet either but somebody was eating them (I’m assuming deer and birdies because they hang around there. I sit at my desk at dusk and sometimes catch them.). I think they were planted by prior residents here. When we dug in to lay the foundation for the cement deck, there was a big old cement foundation.
I have been convinced that the drought we had was a lot of our problems. We have plenty of critters that chow down on stuff too.
Hubby plants a lot of extra stuff, and covers stuff up with nets, and sets traps etc. I couldn’t possibly process it all anyway, so if the critters leave enough for us, I don’t really care if they get a snack or two.