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Weather means more when you have a garden. There’s nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans. ~Marcelene Cox Listening to the rain. Much needed and welcome rain, thinking it was soaking in around the tomatoes, basil, carrots, peppers, and squash in the garden at Plot […] Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity. ~Lindley Karstens Plot 63, Roseville Community Garden on July 14, 2012. Day 56 since planting. [Note: I started this post on Monday, July […] Today is a busy day, with not a whole lot new happening at Plot 63 of the Roseville Community Garden, so I’ll just post up the latest images, taken last night before I weeded & watered. It’s now been 50 days since I started the garden, and most of the plants are looking good…and tasting […] Summer has set in with its usual severity. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge July? July? Where did June go? With the weather we’ve had the last few weeks, you could almost convince me it’s August already! Daily high and low temperatures are averaging 5-15 degrees above normal, and have caused an explosion of growth in the garden. […] Approximately four dozen tasty radishes harvested on June 22nd. I fell a little behind the past week in doing my garden update, so I have some catching up to do. When I last posted, I was lamenting the rain and issues it caused in the garden. Well it’s now day 35 of the […] A Widow Skimmer dragonfly at the Roseville Community Garden on June 16, 2012. (click to enlarge) I was working at the garden yesterday (weeding…my usual task the last few days – more on that later tonight) when this incredible dragonfly zipped by and landed on a weed-filled plot adjoining mine. Believe it or […] Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger. – Saint Basil Slowly winning the battle with weeds, this June 9, 2012 photo shows the current status of my Roseville Community Garden plot. Today is the 21st day since […] A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows. — Doug Larson Garden plot on June 3, 2012, two weeks after planting Since planting my plot at Roseville Community Garden on May 19, the weather has been incredible for growing. Growing weeds. Oh, […] |