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“A tiny radish of passionate scarlet, tipped modestly in white.” — Clementine Paddleford ‘Radish’ is the word at the end of the sixth week of the 2013 garden season. Big bunches of French Breakfast Radish, Pink Beauty Radish, Cherry Belle Radish, and a couple Short Top Icicle White Radish. Getting an early jump on preparing […] In order to live off a garden, you practically have to live in it. ~Frank McKinney Hubbard Plot 63, Roseville Community Garden on Sunday, May 26, 2013 (Click photo for larger image.) Memorial Day weekend, five full weeks since Plot #63 at Roseville Community Garden was planted, and the garden’s progress is […] As I learned very quickly last year, when you have a garden, you are often at the mercy of Mother Nature. This was true again in the very early morning hours of Tuesday, May 14, 2013. On Sunday, May 12, the National Weather Service had issued a frost advisory for the area on Monday morning. […] JCP&L- Oct 27, 2012 – 1PM – Hurricane Sandy Preparation/Customers Encouraged to Prepare From: <*@firstenergycorp.com> Date: Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 4:42 PM Subject: JCP&L- Oct 27, 2012 – 1PM – Hurricane Sandy Preparation/Customers Encouraged to Prepare JCP&L continues our peparation plans for Hurricane Sandy, Key points in preparation are: Individuals should prepare for the […] In light of the damage done to Plot 63 at Roseville Community Garden by the July 18th hail-storm, I replanted about half the area of the garden on the afternoon of Sunday, July 22. A chance to “reboot” the plot, take advantage of some of the things I learned already this year, and salvage the […] 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 […] An excellent climate change explainer (awesome!), and discussion of climate change on a Sunday morning talk show (shocking!)?? Everybody’s been talking about the weather. With fires raging in Colorado, record breaking heat all across the country, a “post-derecho” Washington, DC sizzling in 100-plus degree temps without electricity or air conditioning, the impact due […] 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 […] |