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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 […] 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 […] Yikes! It’s already Labor Day weekend. Where did August go? A crazy August schedule with a client job has kept my “free time” for blogging to a minimum, and thus it’s been more than a month since my last garden update post. So there’s some serious catching up to do. The first “replant” after the […] Woke up to a seasonably warm, muggy, mid-summer Saturday morning. Grabbed a cup of coffee, “opened office” under the patio umbrella and finished up some client work left over from the week. I had every intention of doing this and a few household chores before heading down to the garden to weed and finish trimming […] 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 […] Wavy rows of radishes appeared just three days after planting seed – three days of rain and warm overnight temperatures triggered their sprouting. When I last blogged about the garden, I had just finished two days work clearing a massive tangle of weeds, roto-tilling the soil, planting a bunch of seeds and watering […] The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul. — Alfred Austin I’ve finally got the plot planted at Roseville Community Garden I’m fortunate to be able to resume a favorite hobby this […] |