Memorial day weekend in our garden - lower garden

Penny is filling one of the two new garden beds with dirt. The beds have been created for a while, but just today we got to the task of siting them, leveling the ground and laying hardware cloth beneath them (gopher protection). We order the dirt from Diestel, local organic turkey growers who make their own dirt and compost. We have found that we have to amend the soil quite a bit; it doesn't seem to have a lot of vitality on its own. We poured a lot of compost tea on this bed today! The new beds will soon house melons, cucumbers, ONE summer squash (a green scallop), and maybe even some more tomatoes.
The tomato bed in the lower garden. Penny is putting the finishing touches on another home-made tomato cage. Most of these are made from miscellaneous scraps of fencing. They have openings in them where Penny has removed some sections of fence so that we can reach in to harvest.
The rock rose plant that might slowly take over the entire lower yard if we let it. It blooms amazingly for about three or four weeks a year - that's it! I think they bloom almost year round in cooler climates like the Bay Area. The folks who built this house were the ones who planted it, and it was quite small when we moved in.
California poppies abound, but we are nearing the end of their season. They'll soon be taken over by the red ones. The red are not native. They were part of a mixed flower seed packet we planted many years ago and they have spread themselves widely around our yard. They are spectacular when they really get going but they like the heat and we have not had much yet. (We are not complaining about that!)
What the asparagus bed looks like once we stop harvesting. We have frozen asparagus soup in the freezer!
Our view from the lower yard - a beautiful Memorial Day sky. It was really just about a perfect day, and we got a lot done. Gray skies and slight chances of rain are predicted for the next couple of days. Definitely not beginning-of-June weather.

We're still eating lovely salads from our lettuces, and there are three more small heads of cabbage awaiting harvest. I think the greens are getting near their end, so I may do a big final harvest, wash them, chop them all up, steam them, and bag them for the freezer.

But now I'm just going to sit and read for the rest of the evening!