Happy Birthday Madamealexis

Very Happy birthday to madamealexis who has people honor her with fireworks displays every year :-)

Fig Season Starts

My dearest fig tree - the first thing I ever planted on my property - blessed me with with an actual crop this year.  The first year I owned it I almost killed it.  It died to the ground, and I almost dug it up and gave it a decent burial.  I procrastinated though - and the next spring it began to grow again.  I vowed to treat it right from then on.  This year it really took off growing.  Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I bury random dead animals I come across underneath it (so far two squirrels, a raccoon, and a few birds).

Fig tree started as a little 2 ft high baby tree in a gallon bucket.  Now it's well over 8 feet.




Fig tree is big enough now that I have to use a ladder to get to the top.


Fig tree is producing enough this year for the birds AND me.