[dennisw]

Speaking of cornbread...I have a HUGE jalapeno on my plant!

Guy told me a story how his goat got loose raided his garden and ate a lot of hot peppers with no ill effect. Some say, have a goat or garden but not both.

[Overtaxed]

Deer's doing a pretty good job with mine....they've never eaten the watermelon before.

[2Jedismom]

That is really very interesting about the granite...it would be good for the chickens, for grit.

My husband and I both do the organic "square foot" gardening thing...always one bed is unused and the rest are rotated (we have eight 5x10' beds). Now the coop is on the unused bed.

Steve knows something about this adding minerals business...we used to do it in our garden in Texas. I'll mention it to him again...

Thank you again for your information!