My garden is done for the year. All in all, I think it was an overwhelming success. I grew 100% organic vegetables. No chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or genetic fucking around. Just plants, water, and various vegetarian animal shit. It served us well. We had tomatoes for the bulk of the late summer. We had peppers we didn't entirely know what to do with. We ate a smattering of what surely was the broccoli of the gods. We claimed some zucchini and squash for the grill. We even got a jar of pickles out of there.
I learned some hard lessons.

Soil prep never stops. I don't think a pet cow can shit enough in a year to turn bad soil into great soil. But I am confident that I will get there eventually.

Plant early. I took a risk. Every old-timer in the neighborhood thought that I was crazy putting my wee plants in the ground in early May. Whatever. I got harvest way earlier than they did. And really, what's the worst that can happen? They all die from frost damage and I have to replant. Pffffft. If you don't like me planting my garden pre-June, hide and watch. I still think this is a great idea with some acceptable risk.

Composting is harder than it should be. Containers, aerating, the unholy stench, doing ratios of green/brown waste, drainage, and pH all suck! But I believe it's necessary. I know that it has to get easier as we go along.

Check pH often. I got Blossom End Rot that entirely wiped through all of my squash. Killed every plant in under a week. BER has several contributing factors and apparently one of them is bad luck, which I have for days. But ammonia content in the soil is one that can be remedied.

I am planting a plot twice as big next year with more variety. I kinda dig this organic gardening for food thing.