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Harvesting Kaleidoscope Carrots in Winter
The last of the Kaleidoscope carrots were harvested from RRA's Square Foot Garden beds on March 7th.
Can you believe that at the Arboretum we've been harvesting and enjoying carrots all winter?
A brief history lesson on carrots: ...
Seasonal Salad tasting at Celebrate Fall
October 23rd was a beautiful crisp Fall day on which the Arboretum hosted its annual "Celebrate Fall" festival. This was my first experience at this wonderful event for families, children and teens.
The theme of this year's festival was "It's Harvest Time" and being the resident Square Foot Gardener in charge of growing vegetables and herbs, I was asked to create a special tasting for our guests to sample at the event. Inspired by some of the cool weather crops which can be found...
A welcome visitor to the Square Foot Garden
Last year the Black Swallowtail butterfly was named the official State Butterfly of New Jersey. On September 14th as I tended the RRA Square Foot Garden, I was rewarded with the sighting of one of these beautiful butterflies fluttering about.
On close examination, I noticed that this butterfly was not on an excursion for nectar. In fact, it was depositing its tiny yellow eggs on the tops of the leaves of the carrot plants that we have growi...
