The Cilantro seedlings are up (see pic above) and will soon need thinning. The Lettuce greens next to them are taking a bit longer, if they are not up by next Wednesday, we will re-seed those rows with a different variety.
We also planted 4 'Romanesco' Cauliflower seedlings that I bought from Homestead Gardens. I had wanted to buy Broccoli, but they were sold out, so I figured we'd try this cool-loking cauliflower variety that I'd not grown before. I put a covercloth over them (pictured above) to keep the cabbage moths out. We shall see if that helps. It is so hard to grow Brassica family plants in our area!
I got word from Barbara Melera and Harvesting History that the 'Pyongyang' Garlic I ordered would not be coming as the grower had an entire crop failure. She is substituting in another variety and I'm eager to plant it when it arrives in a few weeks.
If you saw our last Fenton Friday post, you know we have a garden vandal. Whomever it is wasn't done with one visit, they struck again each morning and then I would reset everything. (It was like the movie Groundhog Day -- only a lot less funny!) On Wednesday, I went over to the garden about 10:30am with the interns and saw that once again the metal garden sign was bent over at the pollinator garden strip -- also, this time ALL the red plant label sticks were missing (not just pulled out and thrown to the side as had happened on the previous several days) -- instead, they had all been yanked out and were totally missing. So on a hunch I went and checked the nearby park trash can and sure enough they were all in there. I pulled them out and reset most of them.
The park police, local police, and others are now involved. They are going to see if they can pull footage from the traffic cameras trained on the corner. The neighbors are all keeping an eye out too. Since Wednesday, the vandal has stopped, but it has also been raining and I'm not going to let down my guard on this yet.
This week, I pulled out the Cucumber vines. I harvested a handful of Sweet Peppers, a Zucchini, some Cherry Tomatoes, and cut more Dahlia flowers.
Next week, we plan to clear out a bed and sow a cover crop in that open spot.
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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