Looks good Kevin.... enjoy it all

Looks great! Your veggies are way ahead of mine. Love the animal pics. I have two cats, one of which loves loves loves to garden with me. That's his favorite thing in the world, and your cat-in-the-garden reminds me of mine.

By the way, that poppy is a California poppy, which grows wild around here. They bloom, set seed, then don't bloom again until the following year, but here's a hint: if you keep watering them they'll keep blooming. I just love them.

Looks awesome. Love the dog and cat.

@ melike -- Thank You.

@lelia -- Too funny. Same thing with this cat. He just thinks us out in the garden is the greatest thing since tuna fish.

@cb -- Thank you. I see you didn't waste any time putting that bamboo to work. :)

Kevin

Love the title of the post and everything in your garden looks fantastic!

Somehow - for a Wisconsin-er, gardening in San Diego, seems like cheating.

Looking good!

You are right, mandoll, gardening in SD is definitely cheating - I did it for 10 years. Funny thing, I did not have near the weed and grass problem in SD (Lakeside) that I have here in Missouri.

LOL.. You guys are right -- the weather is very predictable and mild for the most part. We don't have to deal with nearly all the weather-related troubles most of the U.S. does. But, it does have it's drawbacks --- Because of that glorious weather, it doesn't rain nearly at all between April and November . Not only causing already alkaline soil to become more alkaline, but the water bill is outrageous.

Also, there is no winter killing or dormancy of pests. They're here all year long.

But yes, compared to others, it's not nearly as "trying" as many of you have it.

Buffalo: I don't know what the weed situation is like in MO, but I get plenty of weeds just because I can't afford to keep certain areas watered. My front lawn is damn near gone. BTW, Santee here.

Thanks for the props.

Kevin

A very modest early(morning) picking. Definitely enough to make a bowl of salsa fresca though.

Kevin

And a little bit more harvest and the last of my leeks. A little bit past their prime, but should go well in my last soup before the heat of summer really kicks in -- Potato, LEEK, and bacon. Yum!!!!!!!!

Kevin

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I think you deserve a WOOHOO!!
Everything looks great!

One word: nice! :)

wow.. beautiful garden, harvests and guardians :).

what is that white powder like substance at the base of the tomato and pepper plants?

uscjusto, drippy, and ill_gardener:

Thanks for the props! Yeah, things are looking pretty good so far this year.

ill_gardener: That's diatomaceous earth. I use it to control some of the slugs, earwigs and some other crawling undesirables. Also to try to keep the ants from climbing up plants and scaring off ladybugs from doing their job.

Kevin

Here's today's harvest, though I can't keep up with the Swiss Chard. Some Kale, Broccoli side shoots(they just keep on coming at the perfect rate), and the Rainbow Chard. Stir fry tonight! Oh! And the cat trying to get some face time!

Kevin

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Some Fourth of July eats!

The "cool"er weather stuff---Some Broccoli side shoots, Swiss Chard that just doesn't stop coming, and some Kale.

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And the STILL early, modest summer pickings -- Toms, Serranos, Jalapenos, and Big Jim Anaheims.

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Have a great 4th Everybody!

Kevin

Ah, inspiring!

But, uh... does cantaloupe NEED a trellis?

...I've given my fruit nowhere to dangle.

Very nice peppers, especially. Looks like SD does not suffer from imported cabbage moth, either...

Quintoga: In a Southern California tract home backyard, yes. Real estate is always at a premium here... even if it is just veggies. 1st time growing melons--- from what I've read, you don't want to let them dangle on a trellis. I make slings out of pantyhose.

pnbrown: lmao --- I have a flyswatter just for the loopers and spray BT almost year round.

Thanks for the props.

Kevin