in southern california, we’re lucky to have excellent weather that lets people garden year-round. where i live, in west hollywood, it’s almost a 365-day growing season. it’s rare that we have a killing frost, so cool-season vegetables like peas, lettuce, radishes, and the like can be grown from basically october to march/april. in all that time, what do i have to show for myself?

HELLA PEAS (for a 2x3 planting. i have a bag in the freezer that i’m going to weigh once the last plant gets ripped out)

SO MUCH LETTUCE OF ALL COLORS (if all = reddish brown to yellowy green)

PURPLE CARROTS AND SOME REGULAR CARROTS TOO

OH MY GOODNESS LOOK AT THE RAINBOW OF RADISHES

i hope to repeat this post in 6 months except with heirloom tomatoes, an embarrassment of basil, too much squash, and the like.