Great news from the garden this week! We hosted our end-of-the-season Harvest Festival on Sunday and had a terrific turnout from our own garden plot folks and new people curious about the garden.
Cat Kahn, Founder and Executive Director of HarvestShare, Inc., commented: "I hadn't been to Fenton in a few months and the garden looked spectacular, especially for mid-October. The bounty collected weighed 41.2 lbs and was taken to So What Else, an organization that not only supports its own clients but shares food with other MoCo food assistance providers. That donation brought your total collection for the year to 266.45 pounds! Woohoo! Please send my congrats to the garden participants who made it happen."
In addition to sharing our produce, we shared seeds, snacks, played games, and made several cut-flower arrangements. You can see more pics from the event here.
We had another week of fairly mild weather and harvested more zucchini, cucamelons, peppers, and cherry tomatoes. We also cut more bouquets of zinnias and dahlias. The arugula, radish, and cilantro seedlings are all doing well.
We'll be ripping out the tomato vines and last of the beans soon.
How is your garden plot growing this week?
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 12th year in the garden. (It opened in May 2011.) See past posts about our edible garden by putting "Fenton" into the Search box above (at the top, left on this blog).
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