Yes, the soil on our hill was lacking in humus and very rocky. Luckily we keep chickens so there is always lots of composted straw and manure to improve the soil. Growing vegetables organically is quite admirable but sometimes impossible to fight off the insect pests! I try to use natural pest control whenever possible but there are times when all else fails..... 😳 I even spend hours hand picking bugs and squishing! Ugh!