I have created veggies snobs

I love my garden. Saying I organic garden is not really accurate, because I really don't use very much organic fertilizer (some just before each new season) mostly I keep trying to build great soil. I don't use organic pest killers, or organic fungicides. I try to build great soil, plant and water. I don't know what that makes me, a miniaturist? ???
I planted a winter garden, because I'm fortunate  to be able to grow year round, but super late because I had so many critter problems. Unfortunately this means there's lots of stuff growing, but not much ready to eat.  Last night my daughter asked when the broccoli would be ready? I told her it would be quite a while until it's ready, but I bought broccoli, it's in the fridge. Her response was no thanks, I'll wait.  I guess eating veggies from the garden, makes you realize how crummy store bought is.  She is going to be pretty tired of kale, Swiss chard, and tree collards by spring.  I see I'm going to have to get better at protecting what I grow, so we can enjoy my variety.
On a positive note my youngest son eats from the garden every day. He has not only lost a lot of weight, he says his mental health has improved so much. He feels so much better. He isn't depressed, and finds joy in a lot of small ways in his life. He believes it's the healthy diet. If I didn't have any other reason, this alone would make me want to grow as much as I can.
Happy gardening.

They say I can also garden year 'round in zone 8b, but my attempts thus far haven't been particularly successful, things sort of go into stasis here, if they survive at all.  Glad you're having better success in zone 9.

Riona I have experienced that as well. Maybe you didn't plant early enough. I'm zone 9b and I have to start when it's still hot. You may have to start your fall garden in August, maybe even July.   It's strange to start cool seasons crops in the hottest time of the year, but next year find a shady spot and experiment with some cool veggies you want to plant.  Or pop them in between established summer crops.  
The cool thing at least for me is everything will just hang out, and do nothing, but when I get temps the plant likes it will take off, and suddenly produce like crazy. I had a lot of critter problems, so I had to plant my fall/winter crop very late, I'm experiencing exactly what you are talking about now. My peas are about 12" tall, the broccoli is just hanging out. Lettuce,  spinach and carrots are growing, but quite slow. It's ok, I don't know about you, but I think fresh peas are worth the wait. I plant a lot, and still hardly any ever make it to the house. We all love to snack on peas right in the garden.  Hands down my favorite veggie to eat that I grow.  Don't give up, it just takes a bit to figure out the timing, and even then things happen, it's what makes gardening such an interesting challenge. Good luck, and have fun.

Success! I am so glad you are getting this kind of feedback from your family. Let it be justification for all the freshly-harvested culinary experiments you want to try in the future, mwahaha. Keep building that soil, apparently that's the number one thing for soil health, tasty produce, and all the other goodness of a garden!