Fenton Friday: Kicking Into Higher Gear

potato plants emerging

This week was mostly cool with some passing showers and a few windy days -- a typical spring.

I added three types of lettuce ('Asian Baby Leaf', ''Mesclun Provens Style', and 'Garden Blend') on Monday and can you believe the seeds have already sprouted?!?

The  'Garden Party' radishes and 'White Egg' turnips are also all up. 

Also making an appearance are the fingerling potato plants!

No sign of the 'Ultimate Hybrid' carrots seedlings yet, but that is as expected

I picked a few more stalks of the asparagus. The fava beans are still growing nicely, while the peas seem to be slowing down for some reason. I added in some 'Oregon Giant' snow pea seeds, just in case the others were duds.

I also sprinkled Sluggo everywhere. Those slugs are not feasting on my seedlings!

The strawberries are flowering profusely and the garlic keeps growing by leaps and bounds.

The  'Navaho' thornless blackberry plants are leafing out nicely too.

How is your edible garden growing?

About Fenton Friday: Every Friday during the growing season, I'll be giving you an update on my community garden plot at the Fenton Street Community Garden just across the street from my house in zone 7 Mid-Atlantic MD/DC border. I'm plot #16. It is a 10 ft x 20 ft space and this is our 8th year in the garden. (It opened in May 2011.) See past posts about our edible garden by putting "Fenton" into the Search box above.