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Thursday, November 29, 2001
Be careful what you plant in your yard. A few years ago we decided to plant a fig tree. I've always felt that an old house should have a fig tree in the yard, like when I was growing up. There was an unusual variety in the nursery, a Black Fig. Keen on variety and novelty, we bought it.
Apparently the Black Fig is best suited for the tropics. Now, in November, it is starting to bear fruit. This is not a fluke. On the rare occasions it has borne figs in the past, it has always been at the end of the Fall. What's worse, the poor tree just can't produce. This is a record year. We're about to get our third fig. They come ripe one at a time. When the first one blackened (which meant it was ripe. Hence the plant's name), we took a knife and split it in two, so Janice and I could both enjoy the bounty of the harvest. The second fig was for Janice's pleasure alone, since my enthusiasm couldn't possibly match hers. The third is ripening now. We're not sure if we'll split it or make a pie. If we don't get a freeze, there may even be a fourth. Archives11/01/2001 - 12/01/2001 12/01/2001 - 01/01/2002 01/01/2002 - 02/01/2002 02/01/2002 - 03/01/2002 03/01/2002 - 04/01/2002 09/01/2002 - 10/01/2002 05/01/2004 - 06/01/2004 06/01/2004 - 07/01/2004 07/01/2004 - 08/01/2004 08/01/2004 - 09/01/2004 09/01/2004 - 10/01/2004 10/01/2004 - 11/01/2004 11/01/2004 - 12/01/2004 12/01/2004 - 01/01/2005 01/01/2005 - 02/01/2005 02/01/2005 - 03/01/2005 03/01/2005 - 04/01/2005 05/01/2005 - 06/01/2005 06/01/2005 - 07/01/2005 07/01/2005 - 08/01/2005 08/01/2005 - 09/01/2005 10/01/2005 - 11/01/2005 12/01/2005 - 01/01/2006 02/01/2006 - 03/01/2006 10/01/2007 - 11/01/2007 01/01/2008 - 02/01/2008 |