California Gardening: Hello fellow Californians....let's introduce ourselves! #2, 1 by Deepwater805

Deepwater805 wrote:
Thanks everyone for your warm welcome. I think that I'm gonna be a regular at Dave's. I've gardened for years, but had no clue that a site like this existed. I found Dave's Garden recently while trying to identify a plant I bought at a local nursery. I found out what the plant was at Backyard Gardener. They sent me a link to Dave's, and now I'm here.

As for the critters: I think that I'll give the Society Garlic a try, or Safflower. Hopefully this will work on squirrels too. They're actually the most destructive. We have dozens of rabbits everywhere, and having a plant they don't like would be great. Actually we have lot's of critters, rabbits, squirrels, gophers, coyote's, and all kinds of birds of prey. It's a small village, and the critters actually live in and around the houses. I love watching the rabbits, but not feeding them.

All the locals like to say that we only have two seasons here" Early spring, and late spring. Our weather is almost identical to that of San Diego, which is about an hour north. A typical spring to fall temperature would be 65 to 75 degrees, with a couple temperature spikes thrown in. Maybe hot 90 to 95 one or two days a year. The fall through winder temps probably average 60 to 70 degrees. In the two years I've been there there have been no freezing. Humidity isn't very high, and never uncomfortable.

I attached a photo from my roof deck. So far no plants up there, but that's probably gonna change next summer.