What an improvement! After attacking the weedy mess that is my garden with a string trimmer and rake, I can now look at it without being depressed. The main weed is pink knotweed - really nasty stuff, that. My plan is to cover all of the garden save the two rows I just dug for garlic with landscaping fabric in hopes of smothering whatever greenery I missed.
On to the fig tree....no figs this year because the deer browsed it heavily over the winter. We love figs (esp. when they find their way into Ocracoke fig cake!) - so the tree is now fenced in for the winter. Fingers crossed for at least some kind of crop next year!
On to the fig tree....no figs this year because the deer browsed it heavily over the winter. We love figs (esp. when they find their way into Ocracoke fig cake!) - so the tree is now fenced in for the winter. Fingers crossed for at least some kind of crop next year!
Apples - we love 'em, but not the store bought red and yellow delicious and Granny Smiths. There is a great company in Michigan - Tree-Mendus fruit - that carries a large selection of apples, many of them hard to find heirlooms. If you've never eaten a Hoople's Antique Gold, Esopus Spitzenberg, Melrose or Holiday, you've not eaten an apple. We got our annual shipment from them earlier this week and are enjoying them immensely! It is a bit late in their season, but give them a try - you can actually request heirloom sampler packs, which are a great way to learn about the incredible variation of f
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