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Here is Fig Tree. I planted him the summer I moved here, so he's 5 1/2 years old. I thought I killed him the first year - and I promised I'd take care of him if he would come back the next spring. He did, and we've been tight ever since. Last year we got a nice harvest - enough figs to make Jam and Chutney and plenty of fresh fig eating. This year it'll be even better I'm sure. Marcel pruned him this fall, so he's looking very nice - can't wait to see him all leafed out!

Unfortunate frost damage to "Dino-Palm" - I'm going to trim him up tomorrow. Poor guy.

Here are the Pomegranate bushes. They are taking their time coming back to life. I was a little worried, but this morning when walked out to the compost bin and checked them out - I saw some leaves. Whew!

There's potatoes growing in one of my compost bins.... lol I'm going to keep adding leaves as they grow, and we'll see what happens.

Today I got started on my compost enclosure. I'm doing it in Cinder Blocks. Previously I've had two big piles of rotting stuff. One pile complete and rotting - the other a pile-in-progress. It's called the cold method; it takes longer to get finished compost this way, and weed seeds probably don't get destroyed with this method - but it's the most convenient for me. I get good compost in 4-6 months per pile which works out perfect for me. The only reason I'm building the enclosure is for aesthetics. I have one bin two blocks high right now. I'll need it 4 blocks high, so I'll need 18 more blocks to finish the first bin. The second bin will take an additional 18 more blocks. Man, that's a lot of cinder blocks.

Didn't get much else done today. I did make another stepping stone, and I finished watching the interviews on the What the Bleep Rabbit Hole DVD's.

American Idol was good. Jordin will win. She deserves it over Blake, but he is still great - hope he does well in the future.