Fenton Friday: Dill and Flower Frills

The Dill is blooming and looking gorgeous (pictured above). 

As predicted a few weeks ago, this was a very pathetic Garlic harvest. I have ONE decent bulb (pictured at right). I'm not sure whether to blame the harsh winter or poor seed garlic (it was pricey though!), but next year, I'll move to a different bed and buy seed garlic from a different source.

In the place of the Garlic, I planted a new cutting-garden bed with 8 Lisianthus 'Voyage 1st Love' plants and 2 Gomphrena 'Cosmic Flare' from Plants Nouveau that I am trying out. The Lisianthus variety are doubles with white blooms that have a soft pink edge. The Gomphrena has magenta blooms and chartreuse foliage. I cannot wait to cut my first bouquet of them! 

 

The Okra 'Puerto Rico Everblush' seedlings and 'Thriller' Squash seedlings are growing by leaps and bounds. We'll need to thin them next week.

In the pollinator garden strip, I weeded a bit and planted some additional Sunflower seedlings. I then pulled out some small Sunchokes and added them to a pile of Garlic Chives for our monthly community harvest for the hungry tomorrow. 

More of the returning Dahlia plants are blooming. I cut a bunch of blooms off the Yarrow to bring to a Flower Potluck tomorrow. 

Next week, we need to plant the Cosmos seeds as well as the Pole Beans  

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).