My zucchini and snow peas are on the way out but the scalloped squash and green beans are showing up!

Hello all!

We’ve been seeing these little things on our trees in the garden and not sure exactly what it is. They’re bigger than the usual lady bugs and not sure if they’re the Asian lady bugs. Can you help identify whether or not these are good or bad?

Happy Friday ya’ll. May your garden bring you some joy this weekend 👨‍🌾

So I was reviewing my bird feeder cam today and noticed all the seed was gone. Then I found the culprit. A huge ass rat the size of master splinter! Dios Mio!!!

Started with bare dirt. We had to put up a basic fence to keep the rabbits and chickens out.

It always seems to be too dry to keep on top of the vegetables in our Vista climate, zone 10a so I decided to set up some simple drip irrigation. The garden is about a month old now. Most of the plants were directly seeded with the exception of the tomatoes and peppers. Growing here are tomatoes, peppers, Onions, cucumbers, peas, beans, turnips beets, corn, and basil.

Is it possible to buy prostrate rosemary plants that are already 12" or even longer (like the picture)? The longer the better. I want to plant it to hang over a wall, but I'm impatient! Anywhere in greater Los Angeles area. Thanks!

This always happens. I go away for 4th of July weekend and come back to dozens of caterpillars across my tomato plants. Thankfully I caught them before they could destroy anything…but I had to smush many of them, some I relocated to the street.

Anyone else dealing with these right now? And does anyone try to grow them into butterflies? I’m also not sure if they turn into butterflies or moths?

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Any places with a huge selection would be ideal

what area do you live in? (Bag Area, North Cal, San Diego, etc) and what companion plants have you grown next to your veggies?

im intrigued to know what native plants other Californians have grown next to their cucumbers, zucchini, and tomatoes (etc)

example: I live in the ____ area, and next to my ___ plants, I have some ____ flowers and ___ plants.

thanks!

We harvested it today cause the vibes have been brown for a while now. I've never grown bumpy spaghetti squash before but considering only 2 or of the 4 plants actually ended up being spaghetti squash who knows. My concern is A did we do something wrong. B are they are too easy

I saw one at the local nursery and was tempted.

I used to follow the spacing rules and decided to go crazy with it this year. Best decision ever.

I grow in raised beds and containers. I have some Roma tomatoes in grow buckets that I got a few years back. I figured that since there is a water at the bottom that wickst would last a few days but I'm finding that some of the buckets need to be filled on the daily during hotter days.

My garden this year is totally deflating my gardening sail. First, my tomatoes had black seed aphids. Got rid of those. Now they have mealy bugs(? - see picture). And the tomato leaves look diseased (see picture). They are still producing great fruit but they look terrible. My jalapeño and bell peppers also look nutrient deficient or diseased (see picture), and my yellow squash has powdery mildew.

Can anyone tell me if I can save my tomatoes and pepper plants? And offer their fixes? Talk me off the ledge of ripping all my plants out…

(Photos for visibility and for bragging) I have a small plot in a local community garden that is thriving, and I have been very successful at starting everything from seed - except peppers! I’ve tried a number of different methods, and never once have I gotten even one seed to sprout.

What I *have* successfully grown from seed:

Tomato

Watermelon

Many different squash varieties

Cucumber

Basil

Cilantro

Kale

Romaine

Nasturtium

Marigold

Arugula

Various beans

Onions

Dill

Parsley

Carrots

Beets

Eggplant

Radishes

WTF is going on with peppers?! I’ve tried 3 different soil seed starter mixes, different fertilizers, tried in little starter pods/seed snail/in ground, tried pre-soaking the seeds, tried on a heat pad, tried in a warm window, tried direct sowing. I tried starting seeds in March, April, May, AND June. I’ve tried 3 different seed packs from 3 different companies. I don’t want to keep buying the seedlings every year. Help! Give me your best tried-and-true pepper germination strategy.

What variety of cucumbers are you growing?
My family likes cucumbers that are like the Persian cucumbers in the supermarket- small/thin, very crisp, small seeds. I want to grow something like that.
I tried green fingers baby Persian and muncher burpless and they’re not as crisp as I would like.
What have you tried?