Sadly, our stash of olive oil we brought back from Granada and Seville ran out a couple of months ago.
We've tried various Spanish brands here in San Diego; the Missus loves the grassy-peppery nuances of Spanish Olive Oil, and most have fallen short. So we headed back to…..
Baker and Olive:
This little shop in the Del Mar Highlands Town Center, stocks various olive oils and vinegars.
We're really not interested in the flavored one's, but just get whatever version of Arbequina Olive Oil they have. At the time of our visit, they were starting to switch from Northern Hemishere product (i.e. Spain), to Southern Hemisphere (Chile). Here are some of the bottles we have.
Nice folks working here. One of the women is from Kailua, Hawaii, though she doesn't look it. It's always great fun chatting with her. I will also get Dea Harissa Paste here once in a while; though I usually order it from Amazon.
Baker & Olive
12925 El Camino Real
San Diego, CA 92130
Back during the middle of spring; the Missus was also grumbling about how hard it was finding unshelled walnuts. She was really enjoying using the nut cracker she bought in Sarlat. So one morning I was in the Mission Gorge area and decided to stop at…..
Farmers Outlet:
We used to come here all the time when we lived in Mission Valley. Its been over a decade since I've last visited.
Still looks the same, with a nice variety of produce and other products for sale.
And yes, there were unshelled walnuts for sale.
Which got the Missus crackin' again……though that loud cracking sound scares the daylights out of Sammy!
Now, if She'd only clean up Her mess…..
Farmers Outlet
10407 Friars Rd
San Diego, CA 92120
How does our garden grow: 
Because of our travels and other things, we got a late start on the garden this year. Still, we've done pretty well so far. As janfrederick commented on in a recent post, we had quite the bumper crop of cucumbers for a while. Sometimes 3-4 a day! The funny thing was; the Missus didn't want to waste, She was determined to consume every single cucumber. Which is how it was for about 3-4 weeks!
I think it's time to plant the next batch.
It looks like squirrels have eaten all our Roma Tomatoes and kale, so that's a lost cause.
Though the leeks are doing quite well this year.
As for our peppers. Again, I was kind of late, though it looks like the Trinidad 7 Pot Douglah is doing fine.
These are very hot, but not as fragrant as Ghost Peppers in my opinion.
Speaking of Ghost Peppers; they are just starting to ripen.
Though the Scorpion Peppers are a little late.
We have Serrano Pepper plants that are getting up there in age; they are starting to produce smaller and less fruit. There's a golden lining on this however. A few months back, I was weeding the plants, when I noticed a couple of little sprouts; which, after nurturing a bit, became some fairly robust plants.
Not sure what the deal is; but these are some of the biggest Serrano I've ever seen.
Sadly, our White Ghost Pepper didn't make it. But while pulling out the dead plant, I saw a couple of little shoots. So now I'm hoping these will do ok and will bear fruit this year.
Our Chili de Arbol is doing well too.
I was surprised to see a certain chili plant when I went to the nursery to pick up some fertilizer. I just had to get it.
I realize it might be a little late in the season….but I'm hoping we get some nice Carolina Reaper chili peppers from this one!
That's it for now.
How is your garden growing this year?