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“…The thrills have to fade before they come ’round again The bills will be paid and the pleasure will mend All good things got to come to an end.” — Jackson Browne August becomes September. The sun slides lower in the sky, and the cool evening breezes of autumn replace the oppressive heat of […] Cows gone wild! But they’re back on the right side of the fence at Roseville Community Garden tonight. (Click to embiggen) Last year it was freakishly hot mid-July weather that brewed up a hail storm. This morning, I woke up to this email: We had some excitement at the garden tonight. When fellow […] It was such a beautiful summer day that I had to escape to the Roseville Community Garden for a while. And was I glad I did! Incredible variety of sunflowers at their peak, and a bright blue sky. The colors are almost surreal. Words cannot describe, so I’ll leave it to the images. And if that’s true, this blog post is over 2000 words long! It’s been a crazy week, so I want to get the obligatory weekly garden photo and harvest images online, but I really don’t have time to go into detail about them. Suffice it to say that the weather has been hot, humid and […] Gardening is an exercise in optimism. Sometimes, it is a triumph of hope over experience. — Marina Schinz Garden bounty! Swiss chard, black seeded lettuce, summer squash and the first (cherry) tomato of the season, June 28, 2013. (Click image for larger version) Just a quick update today, I was just too busy […] What a difference a month and over eight inches of rain makes! Plot #63 at Roseville Community Garden on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (Click the photo to enlarge) Plot #63 at Roseville Community Garden on Sunday, June 16, 2013. (Click the photo to enlarge) As New Jersey approaches its wettest June […] God in His wisdom made the fly and then forgot to tell us why. ~Ogden Nash, “The Fly” Delia radicum – commonly known as the cabbage fly, or cabbage root fly – ate my radishes. Allow me to correct myself…the squirming white cabbage fly maggots ate my radishes. And their name fits their crime! Another […] |