I think the critical lack of motion destroys them. They are sauceless. Honestly I'd be surprised if we didn't see the rise of one of his kids in response.
My kids absolutely loved when I told them they could just grab snap peas and eat them off the vine. It's been a few years since then, but I don't think more than one or two pods ever actually made it into the house.
It's a pretty magical thing to learn as a child. Food doesn't just come from the supermarket. You can grow it yourself. I like to sneak in the anti-capitalism wherever I can.
We have a game trail that runs along the tree line near our house, presumably from the river across the road to the farms on the other side of us. The best we've been able to do is essentially fence each tree in. If I don't fence them fast enough or don't adjust them as the trees grow, the deer will trim them for me lol. They crossed the driveway to the other side of the house to give my plum tree a haircut. Completely ignored the green fruit, but stripped almost all the leaves off because I hadn't fenced it yet.
Both of our cherries are self pollinating, I can't say how well it will work out yet as we haven't really had them in long enough to know yet.
I've gotten some really great cantaloupe before, but I lost about half of them to ants. Otherwise I didn't even do anything special. I suspect that making sure your watering is consistent is going to be the most important thing.
I've had the best luck with stakes and ties for my tomatoes in the past as opposed to cages. I hear that a Florida(?) weave (two posts with strings horizontally every foot or so between them) works quite well also.
Snap peas are so good! Hopefully those squash and pumpkin produce well! I've yet to get an appreciable amount of beans past pest pressure. Rabbits seem to love the taste of bean seedlings.
It's our second year, we transplanted them recently. They gave us about a half pound last year only in the fall. I thought they were supposed to fruit in June and September, but they didn't even flower in late spring.
You might find that they come in even better next year. Last year I covered our septic mound in wildflower seeds, similar story to yours, looked like the birds just destroyed everything, or at least the seeds were duds.
This year we have a veritable wildflower meadow out there.
Around here, I'm reminded why I don't container garden. For some reason I can't get anything to produce in containers. The ground is so much easier.
I was very lucky, for fathers day my wife got me a smallish hoop house and another cherry tree. I've finally put some things besides raspberries in the ground, so we'll see how they go. I'm hoping to extend my growing season a bit beyond mid-september with this greenhouse.
It's the second year with our fruit trees, I got to eat a cherry we grew, North Star, I look forward to actually getting cherries from it. Our little plum tree is trying very hard to give us a handful of fruits. No apples, pears, or peaches this year. I think a big part of it is local deer. They love the taste of fruit trees apparently. I'm glad to share once they get bigger, but right now it's stunting their growth. We've adjusted our fencing around the trees, it seems to be helping.
I'm going to attempt fall peas soon, we'll see how those go.
On the plus side, brussel sprouts are clipping along at a decent pace. Cherry tomatoes have been fairly productive. I've got cabbage going as well now, that seems ok. We've been able to harvest various herbs, which is always great. My wife has started preserving them.
I think hydroponics may be my best option for large tomatoes and peppers....
I'm a senior software engineer, there's lots of leftists in my field. Most of us have to keep quiet about it cause management doesn't like workers with ideas.
Ugh, tell me about it with the sour fruits. I love cherries. My climate is far too cold to keep any sweet varieties alive. I've talked to multiple local master gardners and nobody has any advice other than "well, you could try to set up a microclimate that will keep it alive through the winter, but that's pretty tough."
I put a bunch of fruit trees in last year. I've gotten nothing from them, I'll continue to get nothing from them for the next few years if I can keep them alive, between weather and animals that just love the taste of young fruit trees.
Even with perfect luck that kind of a layout is a recipe for starvation.
I think the critical lack of motion destroys them. They are sauceless. Honestly I'd be surprised if we didn't see the rise of one of his kids in response.