How to Grow Lettuce in Summer
YouTube: How to Grow Lettuce in Summer
It's hot, and lettuces don't like it. Too bad we all love salads in the summer. Our latest YouTube video helps you grow lettuce in the summer successfully.
Our first Lucid Gem tomatoes are glowing orange with black shoulders. Beautiful!
Wordless Wednesday: Summer Heat
Heatwaves are sweeping the country, and even here on the westside it's above 80 degrees. The garden starts to look sad, a sign that some plants will finish their life cycle soon...
Little Potato cucumber from MIgardener is growing short and stout. Originally from India.
Wordless Wednesday: Summer Arrives
Summer Solstice is Saturday, June 20th. The longest day of the year and the official start of tomato season! Let's celebrate with glamor shots of veggies and fruits with origins from around the world.
Ronde de Nice zucchini at the ready for zoodles or any other dish.
Recipes for Zucchini Overload
It's that time of year when zucchini and other summer squash are in abundance. If you find yourself at a loss for what to do with it, here are a few suggestions.
Squash, melons, and corn make up the second long bed.
Design: A Two-Yard Partnership Garden
when a client's sister-in-law bought the house next door, they knocked down the fence between them to expand the garden. Now it stretches across both front yards. It's a two-yard garden.
Our only Luxury Pumpkin was devoured recently by rats.
Wordless Wednesday: The Downside of Gardening
Summer gardening brings delights and disappointments, i.e. the downside of gardening. Hot days tax plants, critters discover your tasty produce, and plant death is just around the corner.
Our favorite pepper is the Fish pepper. Its flavor eclipses other peppers.
Wordless Wednesday: Not Back to School Yet!
I always hated Back to School days, and when I start seeing Pee-Chee folders and pencil cases in advertisements, I still get that sense of dread. Luckily we're adults now, so we can garden instead. Here is some inspiration to erase any dread you may feel this time of year. Winter Luxury pumpkin grows week after week. We're excited to grow this type for pies. Using the link helps Gardenerd make a few cents. We clip our sweet corn ears…
Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio (hanging bundles of southern Italian tomatoes) on display.
Throw a Tomato Tasting Party!
I recently attended the Ocean View Farms tomato tasting celebration 2019 and ate my way through more than 70 varieties of tomatoes to help determine the best of the best.
Gold Dust is this year's winning tomato. And a yellow cherry volunteer keeps on giving. Also featured: Pink Vernissage, Jaune Flamme,, Stupice, and Berry's Crazy Cherry.
Wordless Wednesday: Harvest Time
It's harvest time! The garden is delighting us with abundance as we head into August. Tomatoes, peppers, tomatoes, onions, tomatoes, squash...did I mention tomatoes?
Blue Kuri squash, and Baby Butternut squash are maturing.
Wordless Wednesday: The Summer Lull
There is a point during our long Southern California summers where everything in the garden takes a dive. Meanwhile some plants take off.