Fenton Friday: Turnip Seedlings Up

This past week was more up and down - frigid winds, a touch of rain, some heat and sun, then back to typical March days. 

I was leased to see a couple of Asparagus spears emerging (pictured above). I'll give them a few more days and then do my first harvest of the season.

We started additional seeds this week. This time we added Black Seeded, Simpson Lettuce, Arugula, and Cilantro.

The only seedlings we saw emerging were the 'White Globe' Turnips (pictured at right). It looks like they ALL germinated so will need to be thinned in a few weeks.

   Other than that no seedlings were up from the previous seed plantings we did over the last two weeks, which included 'Traditional Chioggia' Beets, 'Crispy Colors Duo' Kohlrabi, 'Frosty' Peas, and 'New Zealand; Spinach.  

The 6-pack of 'Castle Dome' Broccoli seedlings are doing well under their cover cloth.

I did get a chance to prune the Thornless Blackberries back a bit. I should probably still thin it out some more in the next few weeks.

We did a little weeding and watering. It is the season of the chickweed and henbit explosions. I also found a hunk of Lesser Celandine coming up near my Asparagus -- I dug that chunk out with a sharp spade and put it in a plastic bag to go out with the garbage. I really would like to know how it got in there!

We still need to apply fresh wood chips on the pathways that have gotten a bit bald around our plot.

What are you growing in your edible garden 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 13th 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).