I don't think I ask for much -- I mean, it is too much to ask folks to keep your vehicles and steaming hot blobs of fresh black tar out of the pollinator garden strip (see pic above)?!?!
I visited the garden yesterday to check on the annual seedlings we had planted in the pollinator strip, which included a few different varieties of Zinnias in strips and then two batch of Marigolds on each end. All of the Zinnias are up, except for one variety that I may need to replace. The Marigold seedlings are up too --except that the patch nearest to the corner had big blops of fresh hot black road tar on them! With the help of gardening friend Beth P-L's narrow trowel, I was able to scoop out most of it and deposit it on the nearby sidewalk in a neat pile so no one steps in it.
Marigolds are pretty tough, so I think they'll survive, but yeesh! can we not have a repeat of that please? I am assuming a road crew was filling holes nearby and this was a one-time accident and not deliberate...
In our plot, everything is growing by leaps and bounds thanks to all the recent rains and warm weather. I need to do a thorough weeding soon.
I harvested bunches of Cilantro to cook with and for a local food pantry. I need to harvest more Arugula and Lettuce too as they are already trying to bolt. I threw an old cover-cloth over them for now to try to buy a few more days on that.
Next week I plan to get some of the summer herbs planted then the tomatoes and peppers.
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 14th 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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