It was another very wet week and cooler-than-average temperatures - but I'm not complaining! The heat looks like it will arrive soon, so I'm frantically trying to weed and switch the plot over to summer crops.
I pulled all the 'White Globe' Turnips. They grew to be big and beautiful. I donated a bunch to a local food collection and gave the rest to friends.
The Broccoli plants are a mess. They are infested with whiteflies or some similar pest - despite the covercloth we placed over them. I need to yank them all soon and will maybe do a Squash in their spot.
I picked a handful of Blackberries, one pod off the scrawny Pea vines, cut some Lettuce for salads, and Cilantro for garnishes. I also pulled one Beet and a few Radishes to test them.
Then I need to restore my cutting garden - the Dahlias are all back and getting big, but I want to add Lisianthus seedlings and start Cosmos from seeds too.
At the pollinator garden strip, the Calendula and Common Mikweed are blooming as are donated Bachelor's Buttons and some Violas I transfered from my home garden. The Zinnia and Marigold seedlings are growing stronger and I should be able to thin some out this week.
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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