The Summer Garden Fades on the Lessons of Pumpkin Sex and Pumpkin Pajamas

You can't have a summer garden without learning something about life. One of the biggest surprises is that it takes a male and a female blossom to make a pumpkin, and they have to get together to do this. I guess that explains the whole "birds and bees" lecture one always hears about.

The other lesson is that hiding one's light under a bushel basket isn't always a bad idea--especially when avoiding rodents.

Hot Tomato!

"Tomato Juliet" guarantees sweet, tasty cherry tomatoes: they're out but not yet ripe as you can see.

During the summer in California, people don't ask you how you are doing, or who you are dating, or how is your grandmother.  They ask you if your tomatoes are out yet.