This was a brand new garden, put in a pasture .... all the soil was brand new as well - mix of garden soil, potting soil and compost (all purchased). I’m sure there could be fungus in some of this, but would hope not. My brother’s partner claims he has a fungus problem - he’s found if he puts black plastic over his garden and lets the heat ‘sterilize’ the soil, his garden does much better. I will definitely be doing this for next year. Not giving up on cukes ... might on the squash .... but when spring comes around, I probably won’t be able to resist planting at least one zucch & one yellow squash ... with a zuchetta backup.
Sounds like a good plan. I’ll also mention that with new gardens and purchased soil it sometimes takes a year or two before you have the required bacteria, worms, and what not to really have a great garden experience per some reading that I did during my first year of gardening.