The Big Max pumpkin vines threaten to overtake the entire garden plot: but I must guard the squash with care as the critters are very fond of them.
Northern California is having a mild summer, so the tomatoes are taking their time ripening. At least mine are. This is my first vegetable garden in ... can't remember. But everybody in Northern California does it--to distinguish ourselves from Southern California denizens who put swimming pools in both their front and back yards.
