Mike Mennonno takes us on a tour of the roses of the Victory Gardens.

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. ...

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. ...