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Comment by Sentient Biped on August 2, 2012 at 9:17pm

Joan, your garden is absolutely beautiful.  I love it.  It looks so beautiful and peaceful.  I imagine the hummingbirds love the monarda. 

Im not a fan of racoons.  They've murdered 2 of my chickens.  Chickens are a lesson in life and death, since one of the hens was also a serial killer. 

Annie, I wonder if the potted fig is overgrown for it's pot?  Mine do not lose leaves after producing figs.  Im in Zone 8 pacific northwest, which is probably quite different form Zone 8 florida.  Don't know what to say about the figs - they are pretty tough.

Comment by Joan Denoo on August 2, 2012 at 9:09pm

Annie Thomas, Thank you for your nice compliment.  Every inch of ground is planted and I wanted peas and beans; so I created the stack of clay pots with nice rich soil and they grow beautifully this way. Beans are green, yellow and purple in one stack and Snow peas in another. The one flaw ... they are beasts to keep watered. So my grand experiment, although producing delicious legumes, is a pain in the back. The other stack is for the birds. It kept tipping over so I used bamboo to stabilize it. Squirrels, raccoons and skunks like to get their fresh water from that stack and they create havoc. Squirrels come while I am sitting near by, but they are tame. The raccoons and skunks arrive at night and I don't usually see them. But there are tracks and tipped over clay pots, giving evidence of their presence. 
There is not one blade of mowable grass on my place; it is heavily planted to attract birds and animals. 

Comment by Annie Thomas on August 2, 2012 at 6:32pm

Sentient-

Your fig looked great!  Do you know if it is normal for a fig tree to lose its leaves after fruiting?  I am "plant sitting" several potted plants for a friend.  One is a fig tree.  We enjoyed several of the figs (the ones we beat the squirrels to), but now it is done and the leaves have all fallen off.  It looks like there are buds on the branches, but I've never had a fig and wonder if this is normal, or if I'm killing my friends plant. I'm in zone 8, Northern Florida.

Comment by Annie Thomas on August 2, 2012 at 6:30pm

What a gorgeous garden Joan!  So much depth and color.  And 79 degrees??  That sounds like our Florida winters. ;-)  I'm thinking about my fall plantings for vegetables already, and can't wait to dig into the soil again. 

In the second photo, you have what looks like a fountain made of flower pots?  Do you grow something in there, or is that a water feature?  It's all very lovely, thanks so much for sharing!

Comment by Joan Denoo on August 2, 2012 at 6:17pm

Loved the Paw Paw photos and song. 

Comment by Joan Denoo on August 2, 2012 at 6:17pm

Photos taken this afternoon. The temperature is nice, 79 degrees with a slight breeze. Nothing new in the photos, just maturing plants. 

Comment by Sentient Biped on July 28, 2012 at 8:57pm

Idaho Spud, Pawpaws are about the size of an apple but elongated.  They have a semi-banana, semi-pineapple tropical flavor.  You slice them in half and eat with a spoon, sort of likeyou could with an avocado.

 

Here's my first fig of the year.  Variety is Lattarula.  At 72 grams, it's a good size.  The fig trees are growing like crazy this year.  I don't know why.

Comment by Idaho Spud on July 28, 2012 at 3:58pm

I just put non-trans-fat margarine & salt on them & zap them in the microwave.

Comment by Lillie on July 28, 2012 at 3:41pm

Idaho, how do you cook the beet greens?

Comment by Idaho Spud on July 28, 2012 at 8:40am

You reminded me of a song I haven't thought of in probably 60 years.  "Paw paw patch" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P-xESpk7Q0  

I think they had us learn it in grade school, although I never remember eating one.  How do they taste?

I'm jealous of your 2 acres (and it's not even a sin anymore) :)

I ate two small cucumbers from my garden a week ago.  Looking forward to more.  

This year I planted beets for the first time in quite a few years, and ate two thursday.  As in the past, the roots don't do anything for me, taste-wise, but the greens are very delicious.  Next year I'm going to plant more just for the wonderful greens.

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