So, we are new to gardening in the Bay Area of California and are literally stumbling through this season trying to figure out what to do. We are so used to Oregon weather and throwing everything in the ground at the slightest hint of spring that we were not properly prepared for the tumultuous and unpredictable weather of our location. There was a sharp spike in the temperature with no rain and we lost several plants who went to seed prematurely.
Please join us in a moment of silence for our fallen plants.
Rainbow Chard- we hardly knew yee
Red Stalked Celery you were too beautiful for this world
Also among those lost were our daikon radishes and our snow peas are producing prematurely at a height of only 2 feet.
But instead of filling the void on our plates with sadness we are promptly moving on to younger and better looking plants. Added to the fold are green and purple tomatillos , early girl tomatoes, piquillo pimento, orange and red bell peppers.
We are firm believers that if you don't fail you don't learn anything and boy are we learning a lot this year. It truly is an adventure in urban farming.
