Happens every time - your faith wanes a bit, and you reseed the containers or toss them. Next thing you know, every seed you sowed and re-sowed and tossed is coming up! Maybe DH will keep the faith with you next year ... PV

As Steve said, tree roots are probably the culpit. If you don't want to relocate the bed, you could put in a barrier around it. I use 20" roof flashing in a 18" deep trench around the bed, and it works pretty well.

Hi all, new to the forum. :) Hubby and I are gardening in Wheat Ridge. 2013's good, bad, and just plain weird... Yellow Cherry went steroidal on us, breaking down the biggest tomato cage we had. It had so many fruits on just one plant that I made tomato juice out of self-defense (it was delicious, btw). Golden Jubilee was a big disappointment. It ripened one fruit, which I never tasted because my visiting six-year-old niece was so enthralled with it that I gave it to her. The plant unfortunately never produced any more, but I'm hoping it was a good investment in the next generation of gardeners. Siletz had what I ended up calling "Teenage Mutant Ninja Tomatoes". It producedvery well, but the fruits were the weirdest thing I've ever seen. Almost all of them had what looked like stubby fingers growing from inside the fruit out through the blossom end. We later heard that there was a seed lot that had this strange mutation - evidently our packet was from that lot. (I had thought it was maybe our proximity to Rocky Flats!) They tasted fine, but were very weird-looking! Burgundy okra was a definite winner. I grew it out front in a rose bed we'd built that we didn't have the budget to plant entirely in roses. The okra flowers were pretty and occasioned lots of questions from neighbors who didn't know what it was, and we got enough okra pods to freeze a few bags. We haven't used it all up yet. Sugar Snap peas (the pole type) - another big winner. Nice fat, sweet pods and lots of them. We froze a bunch of these and are still enjoying them. Giant Marconi peppers - our first successful year with these. They really were giant! Good producer, too. Brassicas in general did rather poorly for us this year. Spring broccoli didn't produce till October, only one head of cabbage survived, and the cauliflower died the moment it was set out. Hard to tell with the potatoes. They got caught in that September deluge as we were starting to dry down the vines, and almost every spud split because of the sudden excessive moisture. They taste good, but look awful. That was our 2013...

I currently have an upright freezer, and will be getting a 6.9 cu ft chest freezer next week. Sometimes the upright has been a pain to organize, so I'm glad to hear about solutions for the chest one. I do use sharpies to label contents, month & year. I'm thinking plastic bins, I like the idea of different colors. I did buy small plastic bins for the upright, as items had a nasty habit of sliding out and onto the floor. The idea of the app seems at least worth the try, tho I doubt I'll last long with it. Most apps are free or real cheap... (I will be raising meat chicken, and I already purchase half pigs, so space is essential. It is also great for freezing home made sauces that should not be water bath canned.) So anyhow, thanks for the ideas!