Welcome to the Jungle

With a smirk, the Escondido Village garden coordinator accepted my garden dues, and offered to show me my newly acquired plot. "Instead of telling me they were done with the plot, the last owners just didn't return my emails for a couple months." He informed me. "So it's a little overgrown." We passed cute little patches of dirt with nice rows of corn, lettuce, and ripe, red tomatoes growing. Then he stopped in front of what I like to call 'my little monstrosity'.
The whole thing was completely packed with waist high, dried out monster plants. At first I thought they were all weeds, but I found little plastic tags hinting to their civilized beginnings as such things as lavender and broccoli. So the sight was a little overwhelming for pregnant ol' me, and I promised the guy I'd get my husband started on it right away. :) A couple weeks later I got a "failure to use" warning from the garden coordinator. (Our plot is right next to the "Welcome to the EV Community Garden Sign" so it's very noticeable.) So I decided we better get started even if our progress was slow, and the monsters nasty. I wasn't kidding...waist high monster plants. We've made some good progress, and the only things remaining in our plot is some ridiculously tall asparagus and a decent looking rosemary plant. We're hoping G-ma lita will come out some time when we actually plant our own veggies and share her gardening wisdom. Hopefully it's not too late in summer to plant things. All I ask is for some tomatoes, lettuce, and good herbs like basil and cilantro so I don't have to pay Safeway's ridiculous prices for a hunk of herbs that I'll never be able to use up before they rot in my fridge. Luckily we live in an area where you can grow things year round I think. Ooh, zucchini and butternut squash would be great too. Does okra grow around here? Ok, getting carried away now.