Well, part of gardening is knowing what things are going to try to eat (bugs, rabbits, deer) your plants or try to kill (diseases, stampeding wild horses, husbands with lawnmowers) your plants. A good garden book will tell you not only how much sun and water, acid or alkaline soil, heavy feeder or needs little fertilizer, those plants need but also what to do to keep them from being eaten or dying. Except the husbands with lawnmowers is up to you. Heavy lawnmower-eating stakes made from 2x4s blocking the way to the plants I've found to be highly effective. This is not a joke.
I like this book for beginners and more experienced gardeners:
Well, part of gardening is knowing what things are going to try to eat (bugs, rabbits, deer) your plants or try to kill (diseases, stampeding wild horses, husbands with lawnmowers) your plants. A good garden book will tell you not only how much sun and water, acid or alkaline soil, heavy feeder or needs little fertilizer, those plants need but also what to do to keep them from being eaten or dying. Except the husbands with lawnmowers is up to you. Heavy lawnmower-eating stakes made from 2x4s blocking the way to the plants I've found to be highly effective. This is not a joke.
I like this book for beginners and more experienced gardeners:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/160342475X?tag=ssg-vegetable-gardening-books-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1
BTW, chicks are like potato chips, at least for me. I can't buy just one. You're probably made of stronger stuff.