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Oh yeah, and Happy Birthday, Mom! This is what became of a sunflower sprout that my Mom thought was a weed and tried to kill this spring. Fortunately, I noticed it missing from the garden, rescued it from a destiny in the compost pile, and got it back into the ground. What a difference 12 […] 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. 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 […] 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. […] May 4th was the ‘official’ Opening Day at the Roseville Community Garden, and I’ve got my plot 95% complete! I was anxious to get a jump on the season, so on April 6th – the first Saturday the garden was open for ‘pre-season’ activity – I arrived bright & early, hauled in a half dozen […] Another quick “Storm Survivor” pictorial post. This one is of my garden zinnias, which held up quite well to the wind and hail storm of July 18, with only a battered leaf here and there. According to Wikipedia, zinnia are popular flowering plants with varied habits, allowing for uses in several parts of a garden, […] Despite the damaging hail and summer storms, the sunflower crop at Roseville Community Garden is doing well, keeping the pollinators happy. Because sunflowers “do it” with a little help from their friends! Here are a few photos taken before an afternoon thunderstorm on July 23, 2012.
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