The five little things that made my week…
1. This errant fig. Even after all its fig siblings have long been harvested since summer and all the leaves have fallen off the tree, somehow this one fig has managed to grow and continued to ripen in winter!
2. My mandarin tree. This is the first year it’s so prolific, and I am totally loving my morning routine of going outside, picking a mandarin, and sitting in the garden, peeling and eating it while watching my chickens.
3. Not to be outdone, this is my orange tree. If you feel you don’t have the time or resources to plant an edible garden, just plant a fruit tree. You will thank yourself in a couple of years.
4. Seedlings getting hardened off (now that Southern California is past its freeze — imagine that!) and ready to go in the ground this weekend.
5. A winter bee on my African blue basil. So happy to see these little guys still buzzing around.
13 Comments
theGardenBetty
January 11, 2015 at 4:00 pmScenes from my winter garden… Five Things Friday http://t.co/i5cQz6hVLr #gardenchat #inspiration
theGardenBetty
January 10, 2015 at 9:00 pmSharing a few things from the garden that made me smile this past week: Five Things Friday http://t.co/Rxscr0XIiO #gardenchat
theGardenBetty
January 10, 2015 at 3:00 pmA fig, some citrus, and a lot of seedlings… happenings on the home front. Five Things Friday http://t.co/3imVoTOjOW #gardenchat
Malia Sturgeon
January 10, 2015 at 12:27 pmI love living in WA, but I WISH I had your growing season. I so want your morning routine! Awesome!!
thefolia
January 10, 2015 at 10:32 amBeautiful photos of the bountiful garden…I love the brave fig…viva la fig and happy nesting in your garden!
Linda Ly
January 10, 2015 at 4:14 pmHappy weekend!
theGardenBetty
January 10, 2015 at 9:01 amIn case you missed it yesterday… highlights from my week (and my garden!). Five Things Friday http://t.co/EThLL9RuLC #gardenchat
loharp
January 9, 2015 at 9:05 pmThe errant fig…after your heirloom seed post, I think you could create a new, cold hardy heirloom fig with a great story. You could hold a contest to name it.
Linda Ly
January 10, 2015 at 12:31 amJust the tree alone has plenty of great stories. 🙂 It’s the sole fig tree remaining from a fig orchard that used to exist on this parcel (now a suburban neighborhood). Very, very old tree.
theGardenBetty
January 9, 2015 at 6:01 pmA lot of activity in the garden, even in January. Five Things Friday http://t.co/nCZZ9DwiHY #gardenchat
Deb at Counting My Chickens
January 9, 2015 at 12:09 pmYou are killing me with your morning routine! My morning routine these days: Bundle up in my parka and snow boots and head outside to make sure the chickens have made it through another night of sub-zero temperatures and then try to coax them out of the coop long enough for them to drink a little water from their heated fount. As much as I love Iowa, there are a couple of months each year when I question my life choices. 🙂
Linda Ly
January 9, 2015 at 3:41 pmLOL! We actually had frost last week, but it only lasted a few days and now we’re back up to the 70s again. At least you know what to expect every winter; our weather in SoCal has been completely unpredictable the last few winters, alternating between hot (90s!) and cold (20s) in the same month.
theGardenBetty
January 9, 2015 at 11:16 amBlogged on Garden Betty: Five Things Friday http://t.co/rHgvBMZKpH