We dug up our small garlic harvest this week. You can watch the IG live video of it here. The bulbs are rather puny this year and I lost most of the ones I planted. I believe they rotted after our long, wet and cool spring this year.
We planted the Hibiscus sabdariffa I received at a plant swap this year and I'm looking forward to collecting some of the dried flowers to make Hibiscus tea with it,
We also planted the 9 Lisianthus I had still sitting in pots. We wll meed to go back bext week and put in horizontal netting to support them as they are already flopping on the ground.
We replaced the dud Zucchini seeds with Zucchini 'Black Beauty' -- I hope they germinate soon.
We thinned the Cucumber seedlings -- both mounds have several plants up and I think 2-3 per mound is already plenty.
We tied up the Dahlias, which tend to get heavy and split open by mid-summer. I also cut some blooms to enjoy inside.
We replaced the row of dud Marigold seeds with 'Burning Embers' -- again I hope the second try is the charm.
I planted a row of 'Dwarf Sunspot' Sunflowers from Harvesting History to the pollinator garden strip in any open spots.
I added a sprinkling of Bloom soil to both the Marigold and Sunflower seeds to give them a little extra boost in getting started.
I also applied two coats of varnish to the plant labels we created last week for our Pollinator Garden and stuck them in the ground today. They are made from blank paint stir sticks that I ordered on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3Tkoqp8*. You can also, of course, collect a few paint stir sticks when you visit your local paint store, but I needed them in larger quantities The labels are meant to inform those who wonder what some of the plants are and also to alert folks that, yes, this corner garden strip is being maintained by someone.
Next week, we thing the Carrots and see if we can collect seeds yet from the Cilantro.
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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