Fenton Friday: Paltry Scapes

This might be most pathetic Garlic scape harvest ever (see pic above) -- which gives me very little hope for the actual garlic bulb harvest in a few weeks. It has been a rough winter and tough spring, so I'm not that surprised. 

This week was a rainy one! Boy, did we need it! Today is sunny and breezy. It will be blue skies with temps in the high 70s predicted for most of the next week. It should be really nice weather to tackle some of the rampant weeds brought on by the rains and to get our summer crops planted.

I have one set of Pea vines protected by a wire cage that is finally starting to climb -- I may harvest some peas yet this season!

The Romaine Lettuce and Kale are getting really large under their respective cover cloths so I will pull them soon.

The Blackberries are starting to ripen and I need to get a mesh covering over them before the birds get them all  as the few Strawberry fruits I had are already gone - perhaps to the birds or rabbits or squirrels.

The Dill is now getting way too big as is the Cilantro - but I'm letting that go to seed to collect the Coriander. The Asparagus needs tying up soon too.

In the pollinator strip, I planted three Cornflower seedlings that were given to me by the Capital Area Food Bank's urban gardener when I spoke about growing tomatoes there this past Wednesday. The flowers are really starting to pop now -- the Common Milkweed is already blooming and smells like honey, the Marigolds are filling in nicely, and the wildlower mix we planted earlier this spring has resulted in some really pretty blue flowers that I still need to ID. I'll try to share pics and names of those in next week's post. 

What are you growing and harvesting in your 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 15th 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).