The Iron & Clay Cowpeas (pictured above) are producing like crazy now. Note that Cowpeas are also known as Southern Peas or Black-eyed Peas, but they are actually a Bean (legume). You can eat them green and also eat the foliage. It is used for animal foraging too. Cowpeas are named that because the cows love them! I'm harvesting them when the pods are almost dry on the vine, then I'm drying them on screens in my sunroom. Then I plan to shell them and save them in glass jars. After all the rabbit trouble we had with these all season long, I'm just happy to get anything from these plants!
I'm cutting Dahlias daily. We escaped the frost last week that others were touched by in our region, but temps are supposed to drop again this weekend -- so fingers crossed that the Dahlias and other plants hang on for a bit more. We will soon pull out the last of the Basil, Tomatoes and Peppers. I yanked out the last of the Zucchini vines and put in more Cover Crop seeds in their place.
The Radish, Lettuce mix, Cilantro, and Cauliflower seedlings are both doing well. We will need to thin the Radishes soon and can harvest Cilantro any day now.
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).
