The five little things that made my week…
1. The figs are coming in fast and furious. I see fig and burrata salad, prosciutto-wrapped figs, roasted fig pizza, balsamic fig jam, spiced fig jam, and just plain juicy fresh figs in my immediate future.
2. Most people will see this and feel discouraged. I, on the other hand, see it as a small sacrifice of a fig to have an afternoon’s worth of activity time and high-protein snacks for my chickens!
3. This beautiful ball of sunshine weighed in at a pound-and-a-half. (It’s a Golden King of Siberia.)
4. I don’t repeat a lot of plants year after year, but Dragon Tongue bush beans are a staple in my summer vegetable garden.
5. Lemons find their way into a lot of things in my kitchen, but this weekend a few of those will be sliced and frozen for flavoring water, and the rest will turn into strawberry lemonade!
31 Comments
Silly Little Sheep
August 30, 2015 at 12:39 pmI absolutely love the beetles. I have an entolomogist friend who studied a similar species and we always used to collect them for him. Whenevr I see them, I think of him. I would just leave them there and admire them 😀
Linda Ly
September 9, 2015 at 5:02 pmI wish I could just leave them there, but then I’d have no figs. 😉
Mariam
August 25, 2015 at 2:33 pmhow beautiful <3
I just discovered your blog and I am in love :*
Linda Ly
September 9, 2015 at 5:07 pmThank you Mariam! I appreciate you reading!
Gayl Ziegler
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theGardenBetty
August 5, 2015 at 9:31 amRT @thef0lia: http://t.co/ZFLruoRpgf via @theGardenBetty Viva la fig tree nothing like eatin a just-harvested lil purple prize happy summer
Flying on Jess Fuel
July 27, 2015 at 9:08 pmAhhh! So jealous of your harvests, especially those beautiful figs! We had a heck of time this year between the drought and grasshoppers & squirrels destroying/stealing everything! :-/ Grrr… higher hopes for the winter garden!
Linda Ly
August 5, 2015 at 7:52 pmWe have a squirrel that likes to take up residence in our fig tree, but thankfully he’s been munching on the figs that we can’t reach anyway. He IS an annoyance though! 😛
theGardenBetty
July 27, 2015 at 9:02 amIn case you missed it: highlights from my week. Five Things Friday http://t.co/HpNFBaPbWa #gardenchat
Permaculture123
July 27, 2015 at 8:17 amRT @theGardenBetty: What the peak of summer looks like in my garden: Five Things Friday http://t.co/9E6nIBDs2q #gardenchat
Matt
July 26, 2015 at 8:54 pmHey Garden Betty….
All those figs, and only one of them actually looks ripe in the picture. Are those a type of fig I’ve never seen? Most figs are to be picked when they’re brown and very soft to the touch.
Linda Ly
August 5, 2015 at 8:00 pmYou’re likely thinking of Mission or Brown Turkey figs, which are dark in color. Mine are a different variety that stay mostly green (with tinges of purple) when they’re ripe. I actually don’t know what variety they are, as my tree is several decades old. But they’re incredibly sweet and juicy!
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theGardenBetty
July 26, 2015 at 6:01 pmIt’s my favorite time of year in the garden with all the fruits and vegs in season: Five Things Friday http://t.co/oYYcY8MVQi #gardenchat
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July 26, 2015 at 12:01 pmWhat the peak of summer looks like in my garden: Five Things Friday http://t.co/9E6nIBDs2q #gardenchat
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Sa Mantha Portello
July 26, 2015 at 7:22 amI never thought to slice lemons and then freeze them, I often end up throwing half the lemon out. Do they keep pretty well once placed in water after being frozen?
Garden Betty
July 26, 2015 at 1:30 pmYep, at that point the lemon just thaws slowly. It’s soft but not mushy. I throw a few slices in my glass or my Nalgene for the whole day.
theGardenBetty
July 26, 2015 at 6:01 amWhat’s going on this week in the garden! Figs, tomatoes, beans, and lemons. Five Things Friday http://t.co/pQrZYxucO4 #gardenchat
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July 25, 2015 at 9:30 pmThe little things that made my week this week in the garden: Five Things Friday http://t.co/vgyapVW29N #gardenchat
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