MassACORN - July 2010: Fireflies in the garden

MassAcorn: A co-operative resource network for the Westfield and Deerfield watersheds of western Massachusetts.

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July 2010: Fireflies in the garden

Fireflies in the garden, by Robert Frost.

Here come the real stars to fill the upper skies,

And here on earth come emulating flies

That, though they never equal stars in size

(And they were never really stars at heart),

Achieve at times a very starlike start.

Only, of course, they can't sustain the part.

National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is our federal partner, providing federal assistance and program leadership for numerous research, education, and extension activities.

ACORN was supported originally (2006-2010) by the National Research Initiative of the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (grant number 2006-55101-16564), and continues to be supported by the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station and UMass Amherst Department of Environmental Conservation.