Weekly Garden Image, July 25, 2015, …plus some fruits of the #JerseyFresh garden harvest!

Plot #63, Roseville Community Garden, July 25, 2015.

We’ve hit ‘peak-garden’ this week, with the zucchini & yellow squash plants now beginning to fade, beets and kohlrabi rows opening up as they are harvested, and green beans maxed out in their production. Time to start preparing the second wave of planting for fall […]

Weekly Garden Image, July 18, 2015 (#JerseyFreshLove)

Plot #63, Roseville Community Garden, July 17, 2015.

Yet another very productive week at the garden. On Wednesday, it was two-and-a-half lbs. of green beans, a big bag of lettuce, a couple of peppers (jalapéno & cayenne), cucumbers, three more zucchini and a summer squash. Last night I brought home another 1+ lb. […]

Weekly Garden Image, July 11, 2015 (#JerseyFreshLove)

Plot #63, Roseville Community Garden, July 11, 2015.

2015 has been a wonderful year for gardening so far, and it was very productive at the garden this week. I brought home a good amount of cucumbers, zucchini and summer squash, and the first batch of chard as well. See the two images below […]

Flowers of Summer, Part 2

Here are some more fine looking flowers that are blooming in my friend Katie’s Monarch Waystation plot (registered with Monarch Watch) at Roseville Community Garden. It’s rapidly becoming a pollinator’s paradise, as you can see from the bees on some of these pictures and pictures from a prior post, Flowers of Summer, Part 1.

Weekly Garden Image, July 4, 2015 (with animation)

Plot #63, Roseville Community Garden, July 4, 2015.

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Fourth of July, Roseville Community Garden: Red, White and Bluebirds

I finally got some good pictures of my two newest neighbors at Roseville Community Garden today. A very colorful couple, dressed in the spirit of Independence Day. Enjoy!

Male Bluebird, Roseville Community Garden. July 4, 2015.

Male Bluebird, Roseville Community Garden. July 4, 2015.

Female Bluebird, Roseville Community Garden. […]

“We hold these truths to be self-evident…”

Signing of the Declaration of Independence

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the […]

Flowers of Summer, Part 1

Among from the garden plots chock full of herbs and vegetables, my friend Katie has planted a Monarch Waystation garden, and with the warm summer rains it has sprung to life. Check out these images I took last night.

Summer flowers at Roseville Community Garden, July 1, 2015

Summer flowers at […]