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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 […] Moo-ving on to pastures on another part of the Hudson Farm Westby property, my friend ‘Chuck’ says goodbye. (Click image to embiggen) With the heat of summer upon us, and the lower pastures on Hudson Farm Westby having seen heavy grazing pressure already, the herd has been moo-ved to upper pastures at the […] “I’d prefer you take that picture from my good side.” (Click to enlarge)Black Aberdeen Angus at the Roseville Community Garden. Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia) at Roseville Community Garden, July 3, 2013 I’ve posted dragonfly images before, so here’s one more for the collection! There are more species of dragonflies in Sussex County, New Jersey (145 – out of a possible 182 in NJ) than any other county in the United States, according to the Sussex […] Nine weeks ago today, April 28, 2013, I finished planting my plot at Roseville Community Garden for this year. Here’s a picture to refresh your memory…seems like a different world: WOW! So bare looking! Plot #63 at the Roseville Community Garden on April 28, 2013. (Click to enlarge.) 63 days later – after […] 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 […] |