Fenton Friday: Preparing for Winter

We had another mild week of weather, though we could still use more rain. Since we had to drain the cistern, we've been carrying water from my rain barrel at home over to water the seedlings.

Next week's weather looks like we are very likely to get a real frost or freeze, so we went ahead this week and pulled out the Tomatoes, Peppers, Basil, Hibiscus, and cut back the Asparagus. That leaves the Dahlias and Cowpeas to pull next week.

While clearing out, I found a Yellow Onion and Carrot they we missed on the first round!

I spread Salt Hay and Pine Straw in the cleared beds and we repinned the covercloths over the Cauliflower, Lettuce, Radish, and Cilantro seedlings.

The cover crop seedling mix is also filling in well -- mostly looks like the Field Peas are what is dominating there.

Can you believe I still have Blackberries forming and ripening? The frost will likely put in end to that before they fully ripen, but I'm hoping to get one last one!

We planted Garlic 'Rose Wood' in one of the empty beds and harvested some of the Cilantro.

This will be the last Fenton post from me for this growing season. The next two Fridays I'll have each of the interns share a report on what they grew over this semester.

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).