KellyAnn Romanych (she/her)3 days till spring
5 weeks early from last year
In severe heat watch, first Romneya bloom opening
Edit: I was wrong, this is oat. Got huge from storm / heat swings 😐 I'm hopeful lemongrass seedling was protected under the oat's canopy. Once this round of extreme heat is over, I'll be able to check 🤞
First lemongrass harvest, ever. Seeds were 10+ years old. Started in cell trays in fall. Grown as cool season crop. Most of it will be dried or frozen for later use. The smaller, more tender stalk is in dinner tonight. Pic is quick, it's too hot outside to concentrate much. #gardening #Zone10b
Chan ChanTo be honest, my main goal to grow dill was this 👇
Black swallowtail caterpillars
Peaches at least 2 months too soon. The tree looks horrible. Old leaves, new leaves, flowers, fruit, all at the same time. #zone10b #gardening #ClimateDiary
86 that feels like 90F
15% humidity
Weeks away from spring equinox in SoCal
Feeling quite low. Harvested some of the winter grown sunflower heads. Will spend some time saving the seeds
Freeze update: Tomatoes and most of the zinnias look very bad. Some of the chickpea plants, too. Interestingly, the ones planted close together survived. Tomorrow I might have more time to investigate. Lettuce and carrots are very happy. #GrowYourOwn #Cold #Zone10B
Other bed with some chickpea plants, tiny zinnias, and scarlet sage plants.
They look ok for now. However, freeze damage results will be visible much later. Let’s see what happens. Could take pics of only 3 beds. Other 3 were looking the same. I think these being sunny days might help these plants survive. I know carrots and beets will survive for sure.
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7 weeks till spring
12 degrees above average
80s daytime temps in SoCal