The OG summer tents are sought after by painters, photographers, tourists, renters, historians, strollers, bikers, and others. Our tents are unique. From a photographer’s point of view, we look for new ways of seeing the tents; we try to be creative with lighting and composition. It’s not easy to come up with something different, but that is what we require at this Ocean Grove website where photography is used more than words to describe our town.
When I submitted a “plain vanilla” portrait of the tents for the book “New Jersey 24/7” I was surprised that the image was one of the winners, but then I realized that those of us who live here are a bit jaded, like New Yorkers who take the Empire State Building for granted.
But for you OG photographers, Blogfinger will continue looking for fresh ways of seeing our historic and beautiful tents.
ADAM LEVINE “No One Else Like You .” From the film Begin Again
“Even the nights are better
Now that we’re here together
Even the nights are better
Since I found you, oh
Even the days are brighter
When someone you love’s beside ya
Even the nights are better
Since I found you..”
By Paul and Eileen Goldfinger, Editors @Blogfinger Botanical Gardens
Ocean Grove has more lovely small gardens per square mile than any other town in the Garden State. And these Grover gardens are largely accessible by people walking by.
So our OG People’s Garden Tour on Sunday, June 24, from 10 am to 2 pm, gives the town’s gardeners a chance to share their botanic accomplishments with neighbors and visitors.
You don’t even have to be present or conduct a tour if your garden can be viewed by someone walking by. And it doesn’t matter if you haven’t finished your gardening…it’s always a work in progress. No need to fuss. The visit is the most important. There’s always something to see.
It’s necessary that our community of residents show that simplicity and spontaneity can be rewarding too. It doesn’t always have to be car shows and gridlock tourist events dominated by out-of-towners.
It’s not important to spend a lot of money. Even one nice plant can be of interest.
Don’t step on the flowers or else off with your heads.
Pond and fish. 113 Mt. Hermon Way—backyard Delaware side. Walk right in. —-Something fishy by Paul and Eileen
All we need is your address (mail to BlogfInger@verizon.net) so that our online list can show places to visit for those who want to visit gardens, even if it is just a walk-by.
For those who can be home for garden visitors, that would be even better because of the conversations which can be sociable and educational. But you don’t have to be there.
And if your garden is accessible only by walking into your back yard then we can note that on the list; presumably you will be there to admit the visitors.
So far we have three gardens on the list, but consider emailing us with your address and perhaps a short description of what you will be displaying. And we will have a souvenir Ocean Grove prize for all those who show up at 113 Mt. Hermon Way.
And, as a cardiologist, I will give a prize to anyone who can show me foxglove.
By Eileen Goldfinger, house and garden editor @Blogfinger
Eileen’s secret recipe for her large potted hibiscus plant: She has brought it into the house each of the last 4 winters, before the frost, placing it in a sunny window. This is a tropical plant, and frost will kill it. It goes dormant in the winter, so it requires just light watering.
This spring, she took it outside into the rear garden where it gets partial sun, especially in the afternoon. Hibiscus needs sun. Then she removed it from the pot and pruned off one-third of the roots. After that, she replaced the potting soil and added timed release fertilizer (“Osmocote”). Then she placed it into the soil and pruned back the branches by a third. Watering should be light, weekly, and with weekly liquid fertilizer ” Organic Bloom” by Espoma.
All summer it has bloomed more than usual, and the blooms only last one day. Then, during the last week of August, the plant erupted with a record-breaking (for our garden) 8 simultaneous blooms occurring at one remarkable point.
