After more than thirty years of large scale vegetable gardens, this is how I grow them now and you'll not find a pumpkin in this patch.
I only have two places where veggies can be grown and there is a raised planter at each corner of the house. Being waist high, bugs are easy to spot and the beds can be easily tended. Only drawback is the amount of plants I can grow and the beds dry out very quickly. This is the second year, so I've learned a bit.
After years of tilling the soil and weeding and planting and harvesting, canning and freezing, I think I deserve these. The roadside stands will have to supply my tomatoes.
