figs – Michael's Place

How does the garden grow?

I think that we’ll be picking romas today. So, I see making tomato sauce in our future. Jalapeños have been making a lot of peppers. Yesterday I make pickled jalapeños, so it looks like we’ll have jalapeños this winter that are from the garden. Some of the figs, not yet ripe. It amazes me thatContinue reading “How does the garden grow?”

Cicadas and figs

Dog-day cicadas are in prime sound right now. We have been finding cicada exuviae all over Ann Arbor. This cicada shed is on a fig leaf in our garden. The two figs in the garden showing some of the figs. So why didn’t my figs produce fruit before this year? I have three ideas –Continue reading “Cicadas and figs”

A surprise in the garden

About 5 years ago on a win I planted two fig trees that are supposed to be winter hardy. Over the years they have grown and died back in the winter, always look good in the summer. But no figs. Then two years ago we saw somebody on one of our morning walks that hadContinue reading “A surprise in the garden”