Yes. Problem last year, was keeping out vermin like gophers and other animals. Next year, the vermin may be the two-legged variety.
Don't know your particular situation, but indoor gardens have become popular and economical. We do some of our growing indoors.
“..Next year, the vermin may be the two-legged variety...”
I’ve had a problem keeping critters out of there for years, but I discovered that they don’t care much for high-speed lead injections, and it don’t take much. I suspect that same would work quite well on the the two-legged variety of vermin just too, although I haven’t tested it...at least, not yet.
At cleanup time, we just load em up in the tractor’s bucket and had on down to the banks of the local sunny bayou. When the gators down there hear the tractor coming that way, they all line up on the bank where the vermin get dumped out. They know “lunch” is on the way, and it don’t take em long to chow down. Whatever’s left, the turtles seem to take care of. Nature is so amazing. :)
Well, in a food shortage, vermin are just a little extra source of protein.
GOPHER STEW
6 lbs. gopher meat
1/4 lb. salt pork, cubed
3 Spanish onions, diced
5 stalks celery, diced
1 bell pepper, diced
3 (16 oz.) cans sliced tomatoes
10 c. water
2 datil peppers, whole
Salt and pepper to taste
3 potatoes, cubes
5 tbsp. brown flour
1/2 c. water
Mmmmm. Delicious long pork.. d;^p