Fenton Friday: A Wet Week

This past week, we had more rain (thank goodness as we are still in a 10+ inch drought deficit) and the temps turned downright chilly, which is not so welcome after last week's warmth. 

How chilly? Well, it dropped near/below freezing for most of us in the DMV-region on Tuesday night. I had a cover cloth still on the Broccoli seedlings so I knew were fine, but all else was on its own as I had no time to run over and cover them as I gave two local garden talks that day. Thanksfully, nothing in the plot seems to have been affected.

The 'Traditional Chioggia' Beet, Black Seeded, Simpson Lettuce, and Cilantro seedlings are up this week to join the  Arugula, 'Frosty' Peas, and the 'White Globe' Turnips seedlings that were already growing well. The Turnips are growing so big and thickly, that they already needed thinning this week.

The two seeds that have not emerged yet are the 'Crispy Colors Duo' Kohlrabi and 'New Zealand; Spinach. Not sure why they have failed, other than likely being dud seeds. We'll replant their spots next week. I had already set some Radish and Carrot seed packs aside for that purpose.

We did a little weeding and between the rain finally got to apply fresh wood chips on the pathways that have gotten a bit bald around our plot.

I was able to harvest a few more Asparagus spears this week. 

I saw that some Calendula seedlings are coming up in the Pollinator Garden strip and another gardener has transplanted some of her prolifically reseeding Bachelor's Button to the strip too. I hope they survive that transfer! We'll get over their this next week or so to clear out the weeds and start more pollinator-supporting flowers from seed in there.

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).