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Fig trees and a NY winter
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oh great !
and, thanks for the reply - i was hoping that you were still following this thread
i haven't had a lot of good luck with these fig trees either
i was also told that the location in the yard is important - southern exposure / full sun...
Well, even though I wrapped it well with burlap and then tar paper--and put the bucket on top, AND mulch on the bottom...I lost the tree. Or so I thought!! As it turns out, I only lost the top of the tree...the bottom started sprouting leaves abou...
Hi Lisa
I know this thread is almost a year old - but, hopefully you're still receiving updates/comments...
Btw, I'm a fellow Long Islander (Dix Hills, previously Bay Shore)
And, hoping to hear how you made out with your fig tree(s)
I've lost ...
Really? Now? It's funny, I was wondering about that...if I should do it while it's dormant...thank you once again for your advice! I appreciate you taking the time to answer me, lol
I would do that now while it is still dormant. Get the hole prepped where you want to transplant it and add a root starter to help it reestablish its self in the new spot....................Chris
Thank you so much for the information, the pictures were great...we are thinking we might have to transplant our fig tree, which was just planted last spring..do you have any advice on that? It's been covered in burlap and tar paper and a bucket a...
Well sun exposure is utimately what I was getting at as well. What you want to do when you desing a garden is just make sure that you position all the plants that will get large in the back of the garden so they don't shade out any other plants. A...
Chris, thank you so much for the information...my house faces east, so I guess that's the direction the garden will be facing? I didn't really think about it, I was more concerned with sun exposure, lol! It will have sun most of the day, but I thi...
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- Where do you live and garden?
- I live in a small Cape Cod home, and I garden in my yard
- How long have you been growing food?
- 1-3 years
- About Me:
- I'm really just starting my gardening journey, although I have dabbled in it on and off for several years. My husband and I would like to be able to self-sustain by growing/raising a majority of our own food someday. We hope to move to PA in the future where we can have more property in order to accomplish this (In my photo, I'm actually cutting Romaine lettuce from a friend's garden who lives in PA). But in the meantime, we're taking baby steps towards learning all we can to make our dream a reality.
- Dream garden travel destination:
- Pennsylvania/Upstate NY
- Favorite foods:
- Pizza and Pasta (and I love growing the Italian Essentials: Tomatoes, Basil, Parsley, etc...)
- Website (if any):
- http://acomforterisnotabedspread.blogspot.com
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Nurture, Nature, and Hoping for the Best
We all know that children are like gardens; each child is as different as a lilac bush and a tomato plant, but they all require certain care in order to grow to their full, unique potential. And although in most cases, we will reap what we sow, we also have to figure in those months of drought, or those seasons of locusts that threaten to destroy what we've carefully tendered for so long. In the case of teens however, the season of drought could be a dehydration episode from a week-long losing s… Continue
Posted on August 30, 2008 at 11:49pm —
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- At 5:11pm on January 19, 2009, sorn said…
- Hi...I'm from Thailand...come and visit Thailand...I love your garden too..it's look nice..the weather here is cool!!!
- At 3:33am on December 12, 2008,
Ron said… - Hi Lisa
The weather is a biy lopsided nowdays and it seems evident that the seasons have changed from their usual types. We, for instance, had a dreadful winter - dry and too warm!
Summer should have arrived in mid September/October but it has only started in December. The rains came late and this stunted the crop growth so the February heat will kill off most of the product - presuming that the Feb heat will arrive on time!
Read my blogs and you will see my comments and that of those that joined in-we seem to have problems all over and international news has it that a lot of effort is to be spent on comating climate change. It seems evident that we will have to adapt to the new season and that is one of the reasons for my going over to container gardening.
It seems as if container gardening will be the answere for micro-growers such as myself and this will also enable me to create a permanent supply of herbs/vegies that are used more often but excluding the larger vegies.
I love gardening but dont have the time on my hands as hired help has all but driven me insane! The dig up and destroy almost everything!!!!!!!!
My garden is too small for trees but I intend to plant them on the pavement as I have a corner house. When grouped together with other trees and plants small trees are very beautiful and do much to soften the picture as such. This will naturally kill two birds with one stone as it will add fruit to the menue!
- At 7:01am on December 9, 2008, Ron said…
- Hi again Lisa.
Figs are great! I love them. I enjoy the green fig preserve the most but fig jam is OK too. I don't have a recipe but I know it takes plenty of shugar but it's worth every bite!
Figs are best picked when "almost" soft - tender but not dripping with the sweet fluid that they give off. This fluid also attracts fruitflies so it's best to pick them a little early then.
I spent a lot of time in our fig trees as a kid and the one was huge - must have been very old as it rivaled the roof of our double story house - the top, floppy ends and leaves that is.
The other was this purple little sugar lump that was approximately 8 ft in hieght.
- At 5:30am on December 8, 2008, Ron said…
- Hi Lisa.
I noticed your figs and wondered what they are called. My dad had two fig trees when I was young and one of them looked just like these. I prefered them to the other figs but they did not get very big. What are they used for-other than the odd nibble?
- At 10:23am on November 15, 2008,
Katherine Turcotte said… - Hi Lisa! I am in NJ and love upstate NY - PA is kind of expensive - have you been up near Watkins Glen NY near the Finger Lakes? Big old farmhouses for such cheap prices. I have nice land here, not much but I do have the white deer so it is okay for now.
I just started an herb group if you want to join. Come on over and check out my blog too
http://www.enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com
- At 7:45am on August 26, 2008,
maria said… - i just love this website....thanks
- At 9:17am on August 16, 2008, LIsa said…
- Hi Kashif! What do you garden?
- At 8:41am on August 16, 2008,
kashif ahmad said… - hi LIsa,how are you?It is very interesting.You have done great.keep shareing
- At 5:26pm on August 14, 2008, LIsa said…
- Thanks, Ian!! I definitely will.
- At 4:21pm on August 14, 2008,
Ian said… - Hey Lisa,
Start a discussion about it. Just go to Forum on the navbar at the top of the page and then start a discussion. CAll it something like "overwifntering friut trees and ask the question...Then sit back wjilst 800 people give you their own version of what you should do.... LOL It really works though.
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try to trace the vine/s back to their source,..the earth.It has to be rooted SOMEWHERE. Maybe the neighbors backyard, take a machete(be careful) cut it off at the ground.Eventually the vine will die. the roots are a diff. matter. I'm sure your not...
The more I read about some popular and not so popular plants, the more I worry a bit about whether I'm potentially eating something poisonous. For example, I read recently that the leaves, flowers, paper husk and even the unripe fruit of most of t...
Having run through the previous discussions of compost materials, I am wondering if you might offer a simple lesson in the key components of composte. I know we want green, brown and wood. But could you break down what material would fall into eac...
I like it.
I like to have two eggs in the mornings - and bacon if I have any at home. Mostly fried eggs and bacon or banana, but sometimes boiled or poached, or even two raw eggs beaten up frothy with a bit of milk and vanilla and cinnamon.
I purchased a lime tree a couple of months ago. I planted it with plenty of compost, and have been feeding it Epsom Salts every few weeks, and also sprinkled some 3:1:5 around it as the leaves started turning yellow. The little tree has now lost a...
That really is beautiful. I almost wish you had not posted the pictures because I am already thinking of a spot in my front yard that would lend itself to something like this. Thanks for the inspiration.
Blue Lake green beans grow long and slender. Lima beans are generally shorter and wider.
Some limas, especially those grown outside the US, can be poisonous. This is due to a compound called phaseolunatin, a cyanogenic glycoside that breaks down ...
Discussion in this group includes what edibles perform well in our heat and humidity (and also mild winters), favorite ways to prepare a Southern dish or meal, and favorite local restaurants or chefs.
Hi Folks,
I have about 20 bush bean plants, and the blue lakes and lima bean plants got mixed up. Honestly, they all look the same to me. I've been harvesting the beans and cooking them in the shell. I don't know if the beans we've been eating are...
Let's see what this baby can take :-)
I'm a 50 year old guy that is sick and tired of watching out for things (diet-wise)...I'm eating eggs, bacon and pancackes (smothered in syrup) from now on.
You want me reaper - come get me.
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