tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post7148807882196784502..comments2024-02-04T20:25:58.971-08:00Comments on How's Robb?: Buried in the GardenLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-41709687299592468302010-06-20T13:19:22.148-07:002010-06-20T13:19:22.148-07:00Fig trees are amazing.....they have 'flower...Fig trees are amazing.....they have 'flowers', small new fruit, unripe fruit and ripe fruit all on the same tree at the same time...a bit like lemon trees. mmmm yumee i love ripe figs !!!<br />When I was young mu uncle had a fig tree, and if he pruned it he would give cuttings to favoured friends and relatives......thats how my mum got hers, and when she moved she took a cutting of that one with her !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-35944922156707327222010-06-18T19:29:41.394-07:002010-06-18T19:29:41.394-07:00Okay KuKu, that's about the funniest thing I&#...Okay KuKu, that's about the funniest thing I've read all day!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-31468214418053521762010-06-18T18:53:22.484-07:002010-06-18T18:53:22.484-07:00When I was a kid, we had two huge fig trees in our...When I was a kid, we had two huge fig trees in our back yard in San Jose, planted in the early Twentieth Century by our elderly Italian landlord. What I remember, in addition to the sweet fruit, is that bees loved the fallen figs. So in a few years, your figs may be a treat for your buzzy friends.<br /><br />GrumpyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-41421100423424848262010-06-18T18:00:50.352-07:002010-06-18T18:00:50.352-07:00Yay! Congratulations on the plums! Hopefully you&...Yay! Congratulations on the plums! Hopefully you'll have more in the years to come. I'm awful at butterfly identification too. If I don't catch it in a photograph, where I can stare at it for as long as I need to, there's no hope!Curbstone Valley Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714297348566721344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-55478377768899698382010-06-18T15:39:24.138-07:002010-06-18T15:39:24.138-07:00we are also collecting the fruit from former garde...we are also collecting the fruit from former gardeners... the cherries were so delicious this year, I ordered more from a mail-order nursery in Washington. The apricots have just started to ripen and we get about four or five a day off the three trees planted next to the driveway. I love figs and Rez bought me one for the backyard, which I added three more from the nursery. I call it my "fig forest" and know that big sturdy trees will surely grow from these little sprigs I have planted. Someday we will be eating figs from our trees and think about how little they were when they were planted. The persimmon I planted as a bareroot twig at the old house is now over twenty feet tall and provides at least a bushel of persimmons every year, besides the shade and lovely treeness. I read somewhere that gardeners are forward thinking optimists. I disagree, the plantings that we do give us benefits almost immediately. We are sensually selfish!!Kellyann Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02885203487094654761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-49349512337460419552010-06-18T15:14:18.366-07:002010-06-18T15:14:18.366-07:00You know, it's a little startling to see "...You know, it's a little startling to see "How's Robb?" with "Buried in the Garden" listed next to it!<br /><br />KuKuSue KuKuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07145855648266927086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-8727621394551124372010-06-18T13:13:00.028-07:002010-06-18T13:13:00.028-07:00Byddi -- that *is* weirdly similar!Byddi -- that *is* weirdly similar!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-66784668680608959502010-06-18T08:48:19.353-07:002010-06-18T08:48:19.353-07:00Your plum tree story is so similar to ours. We bo...Your plum tree story is so similar to ours. We bought our house after the lovely old lady in it died, and her children put it on the market, last year. She had been too frail to keep her front yard, and it was all over grown with out-sized shrubs and ivy. As I hacked through the shrubbery I found a plum tree with the most delicious fruit coming now. All it's lower branches are dead but there is still life in it. I'm looking forward to pruning and tending to this fruit tree in the years to come.Byddi - We didn't come here for the grass...http://www.byddi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-24450459976424292152010-06-18T05:58:54.769-07:002010-06-18T05:58:54.769-07:00Good for you. I am waiting for my first crop of fi...Good for you. I am waiting for my first crop of figs on a tiny little tree too!Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15126794179121146839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-68503638464076860332010-06-17T23:03:52.506-07:002010-06-17T23:03:52.506-07:00What a great story about your plum tree. It's ...What a great story about your plum tree. It's amazing how resilient plants can be even when neglected and left to fend for themselves. Sounds like with some TLC, your plum is starting to bounce back. Nothing beats harvesting and eating fruits from your own garden.camissonia (Arleen)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10156059239148602974noreply@blogger.com