I'd suggest using vertical elements to grow more in your space. 10' x 10' is not very big, and you'll probably need a path a few feet wide in the middle in order to reach everything. This means, you'll have two beds 4' x 10'. I'd try to include whatever you love the most that tastes good fresh. I love tomatoes and you could probably fit two or three in one of the beds. Bambino eggplants are cute, if you like them, and can be used as an edger. Add some basil and maybe some marigolds and that should fill in most of one bed. I also like to put stock in with my tomatoes, if that will do well in your climate. (We have hot summers, but they're fairly short.) The other bed could be cucumbers and beans growing vertically with maybe some bush zucchini or melons. My favorite combination of pole beans is the purple pole bean with Emerite. The first has dark purple flowers and the other has lavender flowers. (The purple beans turn dark green when you cook them.) I like lots of herbs and flowers in my garden, so I grow alyssum everywhere, with zinnias, calendula, nasturtiums, etc. In the winter (if it's like our spring) I would grow peas, broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, spinach, radishes, carrots, etc. Being able to grow all year will help make up for the smaller space. Here, everything grows at the same time, so you need more room and it's all over in about five months (LOL) Oh, don't forget to tuck in some leeks, green onions, chives, and/or garlic if you have room. I also like dill, sage, mints, bee balm, etc. but some of these things might do better in containers (mints can be invasive). That's a great way to get more produce in a limited space :)

I'm in zone 10a, but Florida is different than California. Each locality has its own guidelines. Here's a link I found with California planting dates- Here is a link that might be useful: Link

Made a huge bouquet of Lemon Spice this morning and found a lot of ants in one of the blooms. VV, was that you that had ants eating your First Crush? What did you do? The ants might eat my new green lacewing eggs also and I need them for the aphids! Khalid, yours is a timely post for me! I haven't seen mildew at all and this morning I see what appears to be mildew on the new plants that I bought from Home Depot. They are my first grafted ones and were so inexpensive that I couldn't resist. I'm also wondering if it could be some sort of fungicide oozing out of the leaves? I questioned one of the nurseries about that when some arrived looking that way last fall and they said that it was fungicide, which I wasn't thrilled about. I've had these for two weeks though and it just appeared. Might try some milk on them also! When I did it last year, I sprayed every few days but not sure what the proper protocol is.

With all my roses pruned, there is no activity nowadays. However, when I complained to my rose nursery that the roses this year were not healthy, he sent me another pack, most roses of his own choice, at 80% discount. I am dealing with this rose nursery since long and many a times he sents a few roses free of cost Penelope (Hybrid Musk, Pemberton 1924) Brandy, (HT, Herbert Swim 1981) Memorial Day (HT, Tom Carruth 2001) Elizabeth of Glamis (Floribunda, McGredy 1958) Black Caviar (Astrid Grafin Von Hardenberg, Shrub, Tantau 2001) Daftrausch (Senteur Royale, HT, Tantau 1986) Andre le Notre (Betty White, Meilland 2000) Niclole Carol Miller (Grandiflora, Meilland, 2005) Pink Peac, (HT, Meilland 1958) JFK, (HT, Eugene Boerner, 1965) Souvenir de Baden-Baden (Pink Enchantment, HT, Kordes 2000) Princess Alexandra of Kent An un-tagged rose I already have two bushes of Princess Alexandra but he sends me a third at his own. No problem. I am not paying . I am fascinated to have Penelope, Memorial Day, Black Caviar and Andre le Notre. Have heard good things about these roses. I spent whole friday afternoon planting these roses... On Saturday morning me and my sons went up Margalla Hills for hiking. Margalla Hills National Park starts less than a km from my house. Here is one of the biggest trees that I saw in many years.... growing on the foot hills of Margalla. Yes, this is one tree. It is certainly hundreds of years old and Banyan tree do spread like this over the centuries; each root that touches the ground becomes a tree. This was last week. This tree is not that old but it is located high up on the Margalla mountain. We reached this spot after 2 hours of hiking. And here are few photos of one of my favourite palms, growing in the wild in Margalla National Park. Phoenix rupicola is indeed makes a majestic bush when fully grown. Phoenix rupicola grows up in the Margalla mountains at medium ranges. Here is one majestic specimen, isn't it? Another specimen This one has been through a jungle fire. The trunk is old but the leaves on top are few. Look how majestic this one looks. I am quite certain that if I grow this plant in my house (which is just 2 hours walk and in aerial distance, around 5 km from this place where this plant is going naturally), it will perhaps never grow this well. This is what I try to discover during my hikes. In nature, what makes the plants grow so well. What is God's Recipe for this lush growth? I think Straw would be interested to know this.... So many Phoenix rupicola growing naturally near the top of the mountain. I am so lucky to have this place just two hours hike from my house (in distance, it would be around 5 km aerial distance). Since there are no rose pics to show.... I thought we can talk about Banyan tree and Rupicola Palms I guess All photos shown above have been taken by me during my hikes in Margalla mountains. best regards