Volunteers

A pretty white pansy

A volunteer tomato that
popped up among the
raspberry bushes

Ageratum

One of the delights of wandering around the flower beds is finding annual flowers that self sowed from the year before.


Last Monday I received my Master Gardeners application. It said that acceptance is on a first come, first served basis. So I mailed it back on Tuesday. They're very clear that the Mercer County Master Gardener Training program is not a garden club. It's a volunteer service organization to provide information to the public.

In fact, if I get accepted, I'll not only be required to attend classes through Rutgers University from September through March, I'll need to serve 60 volunteer hours in order to qualify as a Master Gardener. All that, plus picking berries and tackling unrelenting weeds. I hope I'll have time to blog.