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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

My hand holding a part of branch tip with two developing peaches and a mess of leaves in various stages

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

#zone10b #gardening #seeds

Three large sunflower heads. Two with dark brown seeds, one with gray. A set of hand pruners across one of the face to show scale. The heads are wider than an outstretched hand. Heads are on a wooden table with a dog puzzle feeder & potted plants

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.

#GrowYourOwn #Cold #Zone10B

Close-up of chickpea plants in a raised bed
#GrowYourOwn #Cold #Zone10B

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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#GrowYourOwn #Cold #Zone10B

Sissoo spinach or Brazilian spinach standing tall. In the background, longevity spinach, cosmos, rainbow chards, bok choy, tomatoes, marigold and other plants are looking on too.

White chickpea, scarlet sage, zinnias, tomatoes, lettuces, carrots, cosmos, various chili plants and other plants are looking ok too. For now.

Black chickpea plants look ok. However, some pink flowers have turned purple. That’s not good, I suppose. Tongho, other lettuces, zinnias, cosmos, Mexican mint and other plants are surviving for now.

7 weeks till spring
12 degrees above average
80s daytime temps in SoCal

#ClimateDiary #zone10b

Don't know how you all do it, but in South Florida, we grow our own ibis on trees. Just to clarify, these were not planted by me.

P.S.: An update to the Ibis is in reply.

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A flock of ibis is sitting on the bald branches of a firangpani tree. They must have been done with breakfast one because they are busy pruning themselves. A yellow board saying speed hump is in front of the tree.

And then this bed where I added another soil-fertilizer-peat moss-worm casting combo. Out of all the beds, this one is doing the best! Every single seed I planted germinated and is growing like a rockstar! What you see are black chickpeas plants. What you don't see are tongho, another three varieties of lettuces, Mexican mint, and many more plants that I obviously don't remember. :) 😄

#GrowYourOwn #SouthFlorida #Zone10B #Gardening #Happy

A close-up of the raised bed with black chickpeas plants in it.

I have a total of 13 red carrots growing. I swear this is the first time that this miracle has happened. I tried a new soil-fertilizer-worm casting combo. It's all mixed with native soils. I am going to plant more seeds this Sunday. Even small radishes, beets, and lettuce are going great! So happy!!! Don't know what peppers are doing right now. I will take whatever win comes my way right now. Started way too late with tomatoes. Who knows what I will get? :) deets about raised bed and plants are in alt text. #GrowYourOwn #SouthFlorida #Zone10B #Gardening #Happy

A raised bed with small plants of carrots, beets, tomatoes, peppers, scarlet sage, cosmos, various lettuce varieties growing in it. Another raised bed in the background has basis, peppers, garbanzo beans, tomatoes, and probably some cosmos and zinnia plants.

Peaches blooming early again

Today, Dec 2024 versus 2025

#Zone10b #gardening #climate

Tip of peach tree with small buds beginning to swell. Sky is overcast blue. December 2024

Tip of peach tree with a full flower open with many stamens surrounded by leaves still clinging from last season. December 2025

3 days till winter solstice
10 yr old seeds making 🍅 blooms
17 degrees above average temps
80F & atmospheric river incoming

#gardening #CAwx #zone10b #climateDiary

New tomato flowers among green leaves. Plants grown from 10 year old seed.

Another handful of pear tomatoes. With incoming heat, there may be one more handful to go. 14 days till winter solstice

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I'm holding a handful of yellow pear shaped small tomatoes. Background is my shadow selfie along the current tomato bed

last of the fresh tomatillos for the season.

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7 green globes float in a white bowl water bath. A few bubbles hug the edges

Tomatillo plants protected from possible frost tonight🤞

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A canvas cloth from a folding cot is wrapped over and around a tomato cage and closed with binder clips

harvesting some of the last eggplant sown from seed into cell trays and transplanted into garden bed

19 days till winter solstice

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Three long purple eggplants held in my hand in bright morning sun. Background is soft green basil blur

bee kisses bring promise of lemons

#bees #gardening #zone10b

Two honeybees visit lemon tree flowers. One bee in sharp focus on the yellow stigma surrounded by white petals. A ripening lemon in soft focus in the foreground.

believe in nature's seed bank. a handful harvested today in late fall. tomatillos and yellow pear tomatoes grown from 10 + year old seeds 💚
#gardening #zone10b

A pile of green globes with green and purple husks and yellow pear shaped tomatoes resting on a steel table

Through the year, I've been gently pruning this Meyer lemon tree. Each time I asked permission and said thank you with each cut. Breathe in and place shears, breathe out with the cut. Seems to have been what we both needed. #gardening #mindfulness #zone10b

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