My wife buys asparagus when it's in season until ours start producing. I ordered more starts to get more pickings, and to fill in the gaps where some of the plants have disappeared for some reason. I've had problems with gophers and/or moles, and I think that I had some rabbits one year who nibbled away at the snow peas.

I don't pretend to be a farmer. That was my father-in-law. I've just put in the ground whatever I see at nurseries. If I buy a plant I find a place to put it. There's always room for one more. When we bought our place, we rented it to a local vet until I retired and needed it for ourselves. The previous owner had done very little landscaping, and our renter totally ignored what was there, so I had a blank slate. The lawn was more weeds than grass and I've been trying to get rid of the worst of them for 12 years, and the work will be an ongoing battle. I seem to be better at raising a bumper crop of weeds than flowers or vegetables

Jim