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Brandywine Tomato In other news, my newly planted teeny tiny two foot tall black mission fig tree had it’s first fig! The other two black mission fig trees are growing nicely… but, no figs. The newly planted 4-5 foot kadota fig tree has lost a few leaves, but, the fruit […]
Everything sounds better in French… (And Italian) Slap a French name on fig preserve and the charm factor goes sky high. And, that sweet little market on the corner won’t hesitate to add $10 to the price tag. But, it’s still just fruit and sugar.
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The first ripe figs are almost bursting after this weekend’s heavy rain. Our brown turkey fig tree is littered with green figs that will ripen any day. Today, we had about two overflowing handfuls of ripe figs.
Liquid sugar hinting of honey… yum July 20th, 2010 | Category: Bread, Food, Fruit, Garden, Mostly Healthy, Recipe, Salads, Simple Bites, Snacks, Technique | 4 comments
Lemon Cucumber Blossoms
And…
Orange Peppers
We’re watering the garden and the grass is dying of thirst.
A forest of lavender
And, more tomatoes than […] The Aftermath Portia…
AKA “Spawn of Satan” In about 2 minutes, she managed to destroy about a dozen green tomatoes and tomato blossoms. She also has a taste for my fig leaves. (my new baby Kadota’s fig leaves). I’m willing to sacrifice a […]
Poor baby, my purple carrots (and assorted heirloom carrots) clearly need another week… or three.
Can I save him?
Over 20 banana peppers harvested and another 20-30 need another week. We ate a handful of sugary sweet cherry […] Blooming Lavender and Blackberry Bushes The blackberry bushes, lavender boxes, and blueberry bush are doing exceptionally well. But, it’s a race to pick the ripe blueberries and blackberries before the squirrels, rabbits and raccoons can eat them.
Next year, I think I want to fill […]
My First Harvest: 2 sweet peppers (bad news? One of those should be a hot pepper! That means either one of the hot pepper plants is a sweet pepper plant. Or, ALL of my hot pepper plants are sweet peppers! And, if that’s true I’ll have 12 sweet […]
This is the first perfect bloom on my Kentucky Derby rose bush. I’ve always loved the incredibly large blooms of this rose. We enjoy picking both buds and full blooms from this bush. This might be the perfect red rose. And, as an added bonus, the fragrance is lovely, too! […] Deep Dark Red Climbing Roses This gorgeous rosebush is covered in blooms… dozens and dozens of blooms. Now, if only I knew the variety… Munstead Wood (Ausbernard)? Maybe. Garden Update Added: 2 Additional Artichoke (Now 8 total) 1 Celeste Fig Tree (Higo […] |
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