I am a minimal effort, incrementalist gardener.

For the past few years, I've been dumping my vegetative kitchen scraps in a specific corner of the garden. My theory was that, at the point that I ever get around to planting something there, the scraps will have turned the dirt into yummy, plant-growing soil.

Sounds good, right? Unfortunately, I may have shot myself in the foot.

See, the local varmints (primarily rabbits and ground squirrels) have discovered where they can get the All-You-Can-Scrounge free food. And, as amused as I was to find a hole in the ground stopped up with the too-large remains of a rotted apple, this means that I will need to dig up the entire area and put down chicken wire before I try to plant anything in order to keep the critters from eating my plants.

So much for "minimal effort." :P