I try... I do tomatoes every year but the birds and squirrels get to them before they are ripe. I typically get to eat my peppers and cucumbers (if I get any cucs) we have been trying melons but don't think we have watered enough or had to pick them before a freeze and they didn't have time to ripen. We always have great basil and mint. Will do some new things this year as well for hammy.
We have had a plum tree in our yard until this last year. Wonder if I will have more critters in the garden now that that food is gone... or maybe less since the tree isn't here to draw them in?