{"id":1704,"date":"2025-08-04T18:16:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T18:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/plant-a-seed-blog\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2025-08-06T18:26:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:26:22","slug":"roselle-urban-growers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/plant-a-seed-blog\/2025\/08\/04\/roselle-urban-growers\/","title":{"rendered":"Roselle Urban Growers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-193ed88eca3d52140dfd0ef00f49e9aa\" style=\"color:#06786d\">Roselle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>The Roselle Urban Growers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve had some intense weather, but we\u2019re rolling with the punches! 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