I do not want any more, so how I water and how much rain we receive is very important to me. Over the years I have been making and collecting materials to compost to add to the garden. I did not want to bring in any soil that I did not know what it consisted of. I had my water tested because I am on a well. I checked the drainage of the area for this garden.
Water sitting at the base of plants causes root rot.
I have gophers, rabbits, and deer as well as insects of all varieties. With this in mind I thought I would post the trials I am going through. All of you will understand, because if you haven't gone through this you could, and if you have gone through my problems you understand. This was primarily to keep the gophers out. But it gave me a good time to lay some drainage pipe from the house and out through the garden.