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This is it. A deep freeze two nights in a row has ended the 2015 gardening season here in the Northwest foothills of New Jersey. Welcome to the final ‘Garden Update’ of 2015. I’m sure I’ll do a “greatest hits” summary of the season in the coming weeks, but this will be the last weekly […] The ‘2015 Tomato Season’ officially comes to an end Plot #63, Roseville Community Garden, October 10, 2015. The ‘before’ above, the ‘after’ below. The tomato season came to an end, as I pulled what remained of the plants that had been so productive this summer. The fall crop of radishes were also harvested. […] Plot #63, Roseville Community Garden, October 3, 2015. It finally rained this past week, and it rained heavily! The first measurable precipitation since September 12, and it lasted for five days…so the garden is soaked! But I made a major harvest prior to the deluge, so I could send my visiting parents on […] Growing season has become snowing season. But at least the days are getting longer now. “…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 […] 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 […] 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 […] |