Two deer who live in our back field have been sneaking into our garden under the cover of night and sampling our zucchini, beans, baby sunflowers and tomato plants. I can’t really blame them though. We are growing food after all.

Deer are of course just one of many animals that like to dine in a farmer’s field. There are also rodents, birds and bears. Don’t forget about the bugs too. Like the aphids, root maggots, cabbage moths, slugs and wire worms - just to name a few. Oh, and then there are the viruses, fungal diseases and bacteria, such as powdery mildew, bacterial wilt and blight.

It's truly a miracle that we’re able to grow anything at all.

It's something I feel people don't think about much when they think of farming- you're constantly under attack.