While many Stockton lawns are barely clinging to life amid the stifling summer heat, Miguel Guillen’s front yard stands apart.
It’s a lush landscape of cantaloupes, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and more.
The greenery stretches from one side to the other, surrounding the modest home nestled in a leafy midtown neighborhood. Plants entwine mesh-and-wood trellises in true urban farming fashion. There are six types of melons alone — and not a blade of grass in sight…