Victory Gardens

Of shovels and umbrellas

adamg — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:30:10 -0400

Rather than try to summarize Mike Mennonno's saga of how he came by to lose his shovel at the Victory Gardens, I'll just suggest you go read it.

Come, lettuce reason together

adamg — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:02:21 -0400

When not getting dissed by surly help at Somerville creperies, Mike Mennonno tends to his garden in the Fenway Victory Gardens. He reports on a green war between members of the Fenway Garden Society over the height of some people's plants:

... For those who protested, the President of the FGS ominously reminded gardeners that back in the day they used to plow the whole thing under every year. He warned that if allies in the Parks Department weren't properly placated, Fenway gardeners could lose their unique privileges. No other community garden has individual plots the size of ours, each with its own fence and gate. He even went so far as to say that there were those who would love to see the gardens themselves, which they consider an eyesore, disappear. ...

Summer's last gasp

adamg — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:26:00 -0500

Mike Mennonno walks around the Fenway Victory Gardens:

... A casual survey of the Fenway found lots of roses in bloom. And bird-beckoning-berries and seeds ready to sail, and even flowers with last-minute pollen aplenty for bees working overtime. ...

Fenway cruising

adamg — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:48:36 -0400

Mike illustrates how there's a right time and a wrong time for everything. He's in his garden at the Fenway Victory Gardens, tending his flowers, when a guy tries to pick him up:

He was like, "I want some seeds."

I said, "what kind of seeds are you looking for?"

He was like, "Your seeds, man!'

Mmm, nice."

He's like, "You gotta gimme credit for that line, man. It took me, like, ten minutes to think of it." ...