Just had another tasty four…. I’ve left a corner of the tree to the beetles, and they seem to be leaving another corner to me.
By the way, it is a complete accident that the title of this post is exactly (down to the three little dots I agonized over) the same as one I did last year at around the same time – also about the beginning of the fig crop. After I did the post, I saw that the system was adding a “2” to the URL (which is automatically constructed from the title),a dn I could not figure out why. So I did a search, and there it was. And I thought I was being so fresh and slightly arch by choosing that title… only to find that I’d done exactly the same thing before. Weird.
For the first time I can recall, we have had two fruitings in a year on the fig tree in the garden. And the first lot (fertilised last autumn) are rather tasty right now. An Indian summer will give us a ripened second crop (fertilised in the really hot April – May period) in the late autumn. And not a beetle is sight, thus far.
In the “American Dad” mode of my regular code-switching routine, I’m on little league parent duty. Big final Sunday game. Dodgers fielding… #littleleague
A couple of nights ago we went out again to photograph the #comet, which currently hangs for a good while in the early evening sky each night like a holiday decoration. A few seconds exposure on slightly better optics than the phone yields some nice results. #astronomy
Four nights late due to overcast #SantaBarbara skies, but the youngster and I went out a-hunting and got a very nice view of the #comet all the same. The massive full moon behind us helped dim further, but still great to see!!
In the “American Dad” mode of my regular code-switching routine, I’m on little league parent duty. Big final Sunday game. Dodgers fielding… #littleleague
A couple of nights ago we went out again to photograph the #comet, which currently hangs for a good while in the early evening sky each night like a holiday decoration. A few seconds exposure on slightly better optics than the phone yields some nice results. #astronomy
Four nights late due to overcast #SantaBarbara skies, but the youngster and I went out a-hunting and got a very nice view of the #comet all the same. The massive full moon behind us helped dim further, but still great to see!!
Yes…. and even better to eat them!
-cvj
How great to celebrate figs year after year!
Just had another tasty four…. I’ve left a corner of the tree to the beetles, and they seem to be leaving another corner to me.
By the way, it is a complete accident that the title of this post is exactly (down to the three little dots I agonized over) the same as one I did last year at around the same time – also about the beginning of the fig crop. After I did the post, I saw that the system was adding a “2” to the URL (which is automatically constructed from the title),a dn I could not figure out why. So I did a search, and there it was. And I thought I was being so fresh and slightly arch by choosing that title… only to find that I’d done exactly the same thing before. Weird.
-cvj
For the first time I can recall, we have had two fruitings in a year on the fig tree in the garden. And the first lot (fertilised last autumn) are rather tasty right now. An Indian summer will give us a ripened second crop (fertilised in the really hot April – May period) in the late autumn. And not a beetle is sight, thus far.
I’ve seen a couple of the (beautiful) beetles here too. But live and let live, so far. They get some, I get some. Let’s hope it remains in balance.
-cvj
Gorgeous! Some people are sadly having beetle problems with theirs.
Mmmmmm. Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiigs! glah glah glahhh …. (Homer Simpson)
That is
one
beautiful
fig!