Sunflowers luminous

Only one plant made it; this one is at the edge of my plot and greets anyone on the pathway. In the mornings, the flowers are luminous.

Out in the great outdoors finally

The hottest day of the year so far and maybe not the best day to transition these guys. I've got two tomato seedlings, one Japanese Black Trifele and one Sungold, now out in the great outdoors, repotted and all. I'll give them some time to adjust, then I plan to plant directly into the ground. Eight more seedlings to transition. Definitely easier to buy them ready to plant but the benefits of doing it this way is intangible.

Yesterday seems a long time away. Here they were.

A July morning in Southern California

Being one block from the beach, there is our June gloom, continuing into July, with the sky overcast nearly all morning and the morning dew on my plants. I like how the dew highlights the outlines of my plants, pretty but definitely not summery.

Tomato flower

Green tomatoes will stay green a bit longer. I'm glad I plant only coool weather tolerant toamtoes. These are my Japanese Black Trifele, apparently a Russian tomato. I bet there is an interesting back story to this variety but I haven't yet found it. Though this is my first year growing these, I'm already quite fond of them.

Corn leaf

Cabbage leaf