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July is here and the garden is doing wonderful.  The yellow crookneck squash have yielded what they could now that the hot weather is rolling in and the rampicante, kamo kamo and even a volunteer mexican squash are all bursting with blossoms and young vegetables.

Elsewhere in the garden, tomatoes are all coming along nicely as well.  We have even had a few off the vine already, and the cherry tomatoes on the patio are almost there!

Pumpkins are all getting orange and big




















And the escondido gold, banana and tigger melons are all getting big and juicy too

The Anaheim and lipstick peppers are all fruiting and the corn is almost up to my shoulders.  Still, the eggplant are slow and putting out beautiful blossoms.

And the beans and carrots are all still yielding tons.

In the meantime, our neighborhood is an expanded garden in itself.  Everything from grapes to kumquats, peaches to grapefruit, loquat to bananas, lemons, artichoke, blackberries, apples and figs. Up the street, we even have a neighbor who grows papaya!  Going on a walk this time of year convinces me that for kindness to your neighbor and perhaps a friendly trade of produce, none of us would go hungry in San Diego.