Definitely 'Summer time'

 When the heat comes on in March and runs through to April, then we get some cooling off in May/June it definitely feels like Summer for us lasts from March to October. The nights may start cooling down in November, maybe October but this is why we have such an issue growing things in San Diego. That's not even considering the microclimates that varies from coastal fog to desert scorching heat and cool nights. 

I pulled five of the larger carrots and likely should have left them in for maybe another week but they'll be fine. I was a silly ninny and cut off the tops and just put them in the trash instead of running them back down to the compost bucket. The bucket is overflowing though with one of the cauliflower plants I pulled as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The transplants survived a full day yesterday, by the time I got out around 6 they were still standing straight. I think that's a testament to my thorough soaking and late afternoon relief from the sun. Haven't been out today yet, we had a late start to the day, appointment and store and cooking so suddenly it was 5:30 and I wondered where the day went. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still using the spinner to support a smaller potato plant that doesn't seem to be growing very quickly. The larger one is doing fine but none of them are very strong in the stem. I just don't have the depth I need to give them a deep hole to grow in. (white spots on the cauliflower are sun coming through the trees in the West). I plucked another cluster of flowers off the tomato plant the other day, almost missed them until I looked and pondered about it then thought 'oh wait, this is still too small to have any tomatoes!' so I pinched them off. It will thank me later.

 Okay so since blogger isn't showing photos to put them in here I guess that's it for now. The front cauliflower is still smaller than my palm, the remaining carrots are still fluffy but narrow at the base so those will be pulled later. At lest two of the pepper seedlings are getting true leaves and a total of 8 of the twelve have sprouted. That's a good spread for the three different varieties I planted but still high chance that they are only two varieties. None of them are big enough to plant, not for some time unfortunately. They needed to be at this stage two months ago according to our current weather pattern.

 Photos finally loaded, the picture on the right is a stray cilantro growing 'outside the box' south bed. I could swear I've stepped on it a few times but it doesn't seem worse for any damage I may have caused. 

Rocky inspecting something interesting under the lemon bush apparently.  I think he's understanding the words, 'garden' and 'lizard' now and connecting the two.  He has his own walking habit of going around the pergola then down the line of shrubs and into the garden. Sometimes I try to hasten that depending on time of day and what I need to do. It's making it more convenient for sure if he decides to go there when I need to check the plants. 

On that note, it is 6:35 and daylight is diminishing, temp is dropping, time for a short outing.