The good news is lots of cucumbers are forming on the rampant vines (see pic above). The bad news is the cucumbers may have a wild disease. Something is impacting their foliage and I'm going to go out early this weekend to more closely inspect the leaves when it is not so blazing hot.
Speaking of the heat, we are in another extreme heat wave, but this time we are missing those daily (late-day) thunderstorms. I've had to water a few times this week and hope for some of the forecasted rains this weekend to come through again -- though they are very hit-and-miss so the odds of us getting anything substantial are slim.
It was also another week of beating back the invasive morning glory vines and other weedy vines trying to choke out the tomato plants, dahlias, etc.
There are lots of blossoms on the Zucchini plants, so I think they will start producing very soon.
Lots of peppers are forming -- we'll see about picking some of them this week.
The Sweet Potato vine in the large container is starting to take off as is the Hibiscus.
I cut some Dahlias, Lisianthus, Zinnias, and Marigolds to enjoy in indoor vases. I also saw a self-sown Celosia plant is popping up next to the Dahlias, which is great as I never got around to starting those seeds.
I picked more 'Sun Gold' Tomatoes and some of the first Currant tomatoes along with a handful of Blackberries. I plan to pick Basil this weekend to make fresh pesto.
It was too hot to start some of the cool weather crops, so I'll wait for next week for that. Someone gave me some Brussels Sprout seedlings and I'm really hesistant to plant those out right now.
What are you growing and harvesting 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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