Kerry’s Garden

This was the second ripe fruit of the season. There is some thought that this may be a petite negri. Any fig people out there have any thoughts on that?

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As I have stated in previous posts, a couple of years ago I purchased two figs from two different places. Both were labeled as Brown Turkey figs. Neither had fruit at the time and one didn’t have any leaves so I had no reason to believe that they were anything but what they [...]

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For the past couple of days there has been a new visitor high up in the maple trees in our yard. It appears to be eating insects or the buds from the maple tree. It is too far away to get a good look and of course I can’t find the binoculars anywhere [...]

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These little guys are about 4-6″ tall. Their leaves look like slightly thicker blades of dark green grass that sometimes have a light colored stripe down the middle. The bulbs are whitish-yellowish, and about the size of a pea but more of a teardrop shape. You can hardly dig a shovel of [...]

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The blueberries are a bloomin’. Normally it is a little colder when the blueberries bloom. Rarely do I see any honey bees out yet but the yearly visit from my lone bumble bee should be starting up any time now. She can often be seen doing her best to pollinate the blueberries. [...]

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I had been wanting a little blend of cacti/succulents to put on my desk at work for a while now. I happened to be at BigBoxMart when I ran across these little guys. I think they go together nicely for now anyway. Of course I don’t know squat about cacti so I [...]

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