I have a fairly large garden at my San Diego home. I've been involved in the process of tending to it most of my life. I love exploring plants indigenous to San Diego and have traded cuttings from friends and neighbors to expand my own selection.
My "Edible" garden is not what it once was, due to time constraints, priorities, and the unfortunate removal of my rich fertile soil for the city's underground electricity program. They replaced it with rocky fill dirt that doesn't drain well and grows weeds. What I have been prolific at is creating a potted garden with kitchen scraps. In recent years I have successfully grown lettuce, watercress, beans, celery, cantaloupe, avocado, mango and citrus trees, ginger, lemongrass, garlic, onions, potatoes and pineapples.
Here in San Diego we enjoy long growing seasons, little threat of frost and a fortunate second growing season in the fall.
Right now I'm harvesting my bountiful pineapple guava fruit as it drops from the red in the cool autumn nights, my strawberry guava berries have just finished their peak, and I'm waiting anxiously for my navel oranges to ripen.
November is a good time to continue to plant winter vegetables like cabbage, onions, scallions, chard, spinach, peas, carrots, beets and radishes (mastergardenerssandiego.org)
For more thorough information go to http://www.mastergardenersandiego.org/vegetable%20planting%20guide1.pdf)
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