We hosted an Open Garden for members of the Takoma Horticultural Club and other community guests. (See pics here taken by Miguel Zarate.) We gave garden tours, held a scavenger hunt, and decorated plant label sticks for the Pollinator Garden Strip. Refreshments included some Garlic Scape Pesto I made with the scapes from my plot and Blackberry Sauce (to pour on store=bought poundcake) that I made from our last few blackberry harvests.
A few of the bean seeds we planted last week have already emerged -- Pole Bean 'Rattlesnake' and 'Iron and Peas' Cowpea. I am hoping the others emerge soon too and that the pesky baby bunny I found hiding under the Asparagus spares them.
The Basil 'Prospera' seeds are up, but no sign yet of the 'Italian Large Leaf' Basil. We can give that another week.
In the Pollinator Garden Strip, I added a "Bee Happy" Bidens plant that I'd been sent to trial and will sow some dwarf Sunflowers today too to fill in the middle of the strip that was looking a bit empty.
The heat finally broke today and we were able to woodchip most of the pathways.
Next week, we conquer rebooting the Cutting Garden.
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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