@alfie10 - you can do it! There is nothing like the feeling of eating what you've grown & you can do so much even with a small garden. My back is so bad I'm waiting on disk replacement surgery (2 disks too), but I keep a 5 gallon bucket in the garden & do most everything I need sitting, or have it there if I need it. You get done what you need on good days & on bad days it will wait. I put down really thick straw as mulch so I don't have to weed, I have a 4 foot watering wand so no reaching, I have raised beds & plant vining plants on trellises all so I don't have to bend. It all helps & makes it possible. & next year, thanks to
@WthrLady, I will have a watering system in so I don't have to water at all. Same with the chickens, I have things set up all over to get it all done. It's all possible!
@Acre4Me I have no idea what's happening with your peppers, that's weird!
@Sooner Magnolia I agree with everyone else, go with hardware cloth. Believe it or not I had a bobcat rip a chickens head off through 2x3 welded wire. I also saw someone here say they had seen a small raccoon actually go through chain link.
Morning everyone. Had a bad night last night with the back, slept for a couple hours & that's it. Tired & grumpy, DH got smart & went out to the shop really early.

We didn't get much rain at all from that tropical storm, I think it was less than 1/2 an inch. Did you see any
@Wee Farmer Sarah? Hoping for some more tonight.
Anyone know why I don't have any beans on my pole beans? They are climbing all the way up the trellises, but don't have any flowers. They look a little yellow too. Maybe they need to be fed? I thought they were low eaters so I haven't given them too much fertilizer (just once) - should I give them more?