Summer Of 2012 A Very Good Year For Carroll Gardens' Fruit Crops

2012 seems to have been exceptional for fruit-bearing trees around the neighborhood.  You may remember the apricot tree on DeGraw Street that had an over-abundance of fruit. back in June  And now, in early September, there is more evidence that this year's hot summer has produced a bumper crop.
Just look at all the pears ripening on this tree on Carroll Street.  Though it bears fruit every fall, I have never seen so many hanging from its branches.

And look at this fig tree on Second Place at the corner of Court Street.  Quite impressive, no?

Did you have a bumper crop in your neighborhood yard this summer?  How were the tomatoes?

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360 Smith Street Gets Landscaped

Yesterday afternoon, a crew was busy planting trees, shrubs and plants in front of 360 Smith Street, the new 7 story building at First Place. The greenery does make the building just a bit more palatable.

The subway plaza to the F train station which is slate to reopen is looking almost done now. The plaza has been paved with slate and planters have been installed to separate the entrance to the building.

Miraculously, some of the plaza's original trees have survived. If I am not mistaken, they were mimosa trees. Does anyone remember?

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