I noticed the first fireflies yesterday evening. They could very well have emerged before yesterday, but that's when I thought to look for them.. I get lots of fireflies... or if you prefer, …
Philosophical Pawpaw Ponderings
And once again, I am not going to taste a pawpaw fruit from my pawpaw trees this year. My two pawpaw trees, this one pictured and another one on the other side of the garden, didn't flower all …
My Midwest Figs and How I Grow Them
Yes, I successfully grow figs outdoors in central Indiana, USDA Hardiness Zone 6a. I grow my figs in the ground. I don't dig them up in the fall to move them inside or lay them in a trench to …
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Growing Figs Outdoors in Indiana
I just harvested figs I grew myself in Indiana on a fig tree growing outside. You can grow figs too!Whenever I harvest a bowl of figs I am tempted to arrange them in a lovely still life setting, …
Figuring on Pawpaws, Pawing my Figs
My apologies for the title of this blog post. Sometimes, I can't help myself. Sometimes, I blame the garden fairies. Sometimes, I'm overly excited by the number of pawpaws on my pawpaw trees and …
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Figs!
This week I've been immersing myself in the world of figs. Which means I picked my second fig from one of the two fig plants in my garden (Ficus carica 'Chicago Hardy' and Ficus carica 'Brown …
