Enthusiastically gardening now in spring should give you a nice mix of veggies later in the year. Bugs and pests eating into things, ask you local nursery or gardeners what plants to grow around these plants to protect them.
Amazing how many herbs planted around certain leaf veggies save the day from bugs, beer in a flat pan attract snails keeping them at bay.
Good luck with the gardening expedition @plantstoplanks
Thanks for the great tips @joanstewart! We do need to get a little better about companion planting. Always something new to learn, right? At least it's a very fun and rewarding topic to explore!