In My San Diego Garden and Kitchen
My summer vegetable garden is about “what is to come.” For now, we readily accept the shared tomato bounty of neighbors and stay engaged with the stone fruit harvest. So instead of veggies, here are some shots of the growing garden.
Most recently planted are the dry shell beans—Cranberry Beans and Yellow Indian Woman Beans.
The Sugar Pearl corn is coming along. We’ll see if the birds come for the silks again this year. Harvest expected in late August.
Five Dwarf Rosella Purple tomatoes occupy this bed as the cucumber climbs the trellis. Two Dwarf Chocolate Lightning tomatoes are in an adjacent bed and a Black Cherry tomato is confined to a container.
The Baby Belle and California Wonder red peppers would like more warm days. Emerite pole beans begin the scramble up the trellis behind them.
The Raven zucchini had a late start but won’t have trouble catching up. As mentioned in last week’s post, May Gray and June Gloom extend our cool season garden. Warm season veggies get a late start but won’t mind the upcoming warm September days.
Sierra lettuce is reportedly one of the most bolt resistant summer lettuces. Recently, my lovely Lollo Rossa lettuce very suddenly became bitter and begin to bolt. Most will go to the worm compost bin.
As soon as the sun pops out the bees are drawn to the Rosanne Geranium.
We picked the last of the three dozen or so Babcock peaches. My grandmother called them white saucer peaches. I remember them as a summer dessert on her Laguna Beach patio.
We’re overrun with nectaplums and share liberally. The best ones keep well in the fridge.
I made a Nectaplum-Berry-Almond Crisp. The topping is a pleasant change from an oatmeal crisp.
I forgot to snap a photo of Sunday’s church bouquet, so instead, the flowers recently purchased and planted—State Fair zinnias, dwarf marigolds and Shasta daisies.
Check my Cuttings: Selected Quotes page then head to Harvest Monday, hosted by Dave at Happy Acres blog and see what garden bloggers around the world harvested last week.
