Oh where to start.....
1. Started too late, so my peas diddnt do good, my tomatoes were growing in the hottest part of the year, my potatoes roasted.... did I mention it gets really hot here, really fast?
2. Tried to dig everything by hand... Broke three shovels, got great arm muscles, and I was still planting in clods. This year I am just using a tiller, even if it does cost to rent it. DH has his work cut out for him!
3. Diddnt plant ENOUGH!! this year it is going to be twice as big... YAY!
4. Tried to compensate for #3 by planting all the squash and potatoes in other little corners of the yard. Consequently, they were not watered or weeded nearly as much as they should have been.
5. Diddn't plant enough different kinds of tomatoes. This year I have 18 of those wall-of-water things, I got from a garage sale brand new. I am so excited, my goal is watermelons and tomatoes my the 4th of July!!
6. This is something I do every year... I don't water or weed enough. Ever.
7. Plant in rows and water with a sprinkler at night.... we sometimes go weeks or months without a drop of rain, and the square foot or flood irrigating methods just don't supply enough water. And I had so much struggle with weeds and grass last year, because I tried planting in beds without walls and I diddn't work the ground in between them, so it just spread. Duh.
Maybe next year my list won't be so long.... ya think????
na, I doubt it.
I want to grow a little bit of everything. bah!!! 
