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Now’s the time to tell your neighbors about the Network. See those persimmons ripening next-door? Encourage them to join. The more members we have, the greater our group will be.

The sweet scent of the flowering wisteria, the bright layers of the ranuncula flowers, the greenhouse full of leafy starts and the profusion of garden weeds are sure signs that spring is here!  

To prepare our Collective Roots garden beds for spring planting, we have been amending the soil with compost, turning in covercrops, weeding, and taking care of greenhouse seedlings. 

 The garden is a winter wonderland these days!  How lucky we are to live in this mild climate, with creative gardening opportunities all year round! 

Here is a sample of the happenings in the Collective Roots garden:

September 22nd, 2008 was the Autumn Equinox.  This was the day marking the beginning of autumn and the second day of the year when sunlight and darkness hours are equal (the other is the Vernal Equinox, in the spring).  Each day following the Autumn Equinox, the days grow shorter and shorter, until the Winter Solstice, or longest night of the year, on December 21th. 

You can never predict exactly what will interest your children once they go off to college. Recently our son began a call with “Hey, Mom, I talked it over with my roommates and we all agree that we’d really like to get a composter for our apartment.