Pictures from my yard - taken just minutes ago!

[GOPisEvil]

My first fig!!!!

[VelmaD]

1. Kewl...now maybe Mike will stop bugging me...

all the damn time about how your yard is doing. :)

[MrScorpio]

4. Okay, where are the newtons, you slacker?

Time is money

[GOPisEvil]

9. Hey! I only have one fig!

And it's not even ripe yet!

Gimme some time!

[VelmaD]

12. What the heck did I do?

*confused look*

[GOPisEvil]

7. Ummmm...I can ALWAYS use help with weeds.

Hint, hint. :)

[VelmaD]

11. Gimme a holler...

tonight or tomorrow and maybe we can arrange for some help for you. :)

Pepperoni rolls and booze and I'm there.

[GOPisEvil]

13. Hey now! I might just take you up on that.

You know I have booze, and Double Dave's is just a phone call away. ;)

[VelmaD]

16. I'm not kidding...

I'm more than willing to come pull weeds tomorrow. It's good exercise and it might just be therapeutic. :)

[GOPisEvil]

19. There's a few things going on tomorrow though.

Not sure if I can work that in. Hrm...

Sunday is a lot better, but I understand if you aren't free. :)

[VelmaD]

21. Well, Sunday I can't drink...

gotta travel for work on Monday. Blah. But I suppose if we did it early in the day I could manage to get by without the booze part.

Tomorrow. Sunday. Whenever. We'll figure it out.

[no name no slogan]

2. mmmm....figs!

You've got a nice little oasis there! :toast:

[Democracy White]

3. Are you going to treat it with the same equal rights as the other plants

Just don't go showing the fundies!! They think that figs are evil!!! :D

Dee

[tridim]

5. Figs grow on bushes?

I always thought they grew on trees. What kind of weather do you need to grow them? I've always been a huge fig newton fan.

[GOPisEvil]

6. It's a little tree.

I just planted it last fall. That's the first fig.

I believe figs like the heat. This particular variety is the White Texas Everbearing.

[ET Awful]

8. Taken out my window minutes ago . . .

And yes, I fully intend to move despite such lovely sites.

[GOPisEvil]

15. Oooh...nice.

:thumbsup:

All the views in the world don't matter if you're not happy enough to really enjoy them.

[ET Awful]

17. Thanks, and BINGO on the comment.

I think I'll be happier in the new place. Not as nice a view, but much more user friendly so to speak :)

[blondeatlast]

10. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, how cute!

A refreshing change from kitties, IMHO.

[Maddy McCall]

14. How big is your fig tree?

I make killer fig preserves. I'll share the recipe with you if you ever want it. :D

[GOPisEvil]

18. It's maybe two feet tall right now.

It has grown about 6-8 inches this year. When I planted it, it was a stick with a couple of leaves on it.

And I LOVE fig preserves. I go to the Middle Eastern market here to get some. The stuff they make looks like black tar heroin and is yummy.

Oh, the variety is White Texas Everbearing.

[Maddy McCall]

38. That's funny...

my cousin from Port Arthur just gave me a cutting. It started out about six inches tall, with maybe three leaves. It's up to two feet now, and loaded with leaves. I'm waiting until the fall to plant it.

Can't wait until it's a REAL tree!

Yeah, I make thick, dark fig preserves. Best thing in the world is homemade, crusty biscuits with figs. Delish!

[GOPisEvil]

39. I guess I should have left it potted this year, but what the hell?

It's doing ok, all things considered.

Man, I'm getting hungry. I might have to visit the Middle Eastern Market tomorrow. Of course that means I'll have to get some baklava! :D

[Dora]

31. Could I butt in for a moment?

:hi:
And ask you for that recipe? Please?

I have a fig tree that was simply bounteous this year. I've been hoping to find a recipe so that I could enjoy the harvest longer next year.

Thank you!

[Bouncy Ball]

20. I'm one lucky woman!

I saw your yard in person!

Although I have to say, not on a good day, that damn cottonwood or whatever was blowing all over the damn place.

But you do have a nice yard.

[GOPisEvil]

23. No cotton wood right now.

Thank GOD!! :thumbsup: Thanks!

[nytemare]

22. OOOOOOOOO! A fig!

Cool! Nice yard.

:hi:

[GOPisEvil]

24. Thanks!

That poor little fig looks so lonely. I hope another sprouts soon.

[nytemare]

27. Yes, he will have another fig soon. Then he will have to use a fig leaf

to cover himself.

[GOPisEvil]

28. Yes he is nekkid! What will the neighbors say?

:o

[nytemare]

29. That liberal has naked figs in his back yard!!

And the fig had eaten of the tree of knowledge, because it knew of its nakedness, and tried to cover itself.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

25. How disappointing...

I thought the last picture would be of you wearing a fig leaf. :)

[GOPisEvil]

26. I don't want to scare anyone.

Although a few of those leaves sewn together would do the trick. :)

[tinfoilinfor2005]

30. Oh brother...time to put on the garden boots...

hahahaha

[Gato Moteado]

32. nice!

the castor beans are getting tall.

any bloomage on the butterfly bush?

[GOPisEvil]

34. Which one was the butterfly bush?

There were some casualties of all those days with no rain.

The greg's blue mist out front is getting tall. Maybe 2 feet now and spreading out.

The one castor bean plant is taller than the fence.

[Gato Moteado]

35. the butterfly bushes will have long clusters of red flowers

and the plant will get very large. there are three of them i think.

[GOPisEvil]

36. Oh, yeah...they had bloomed earlier, but I think they got crowded out.

I had to do some major weeding last week. I can still stand to do more, but I got a lot of the crap out.

[proud patriot]

33. lovely Yard

:hi:

[gardenista]

37. Looks great! Just don't mix up the ricinus with the fig! nt

[Susang]

40. Your yard is so cool!

I love that you have a fig tree. :D

[GOPisEvil]

42. It's more of a fig twig right now, but someday...SOMEDAY!!

I have to thank Gato_Moteado - he did all of the hard work tilling and planting.

[Susang]

44. That's hard work

We've given up and have decided to let the prairie take over our yard. It would be okay if it weren't for the damn burrs! x(

[GOPisEvil]

46. I've actually got actual grass growing over most of my yard.

Thankfully it finally rained, so the grass and weeds are green again. Of course that just means I have to cut it more often.

I'd love to go full xeriscape here, there's no HOA to give me crap. :think:

[wanpete]

41. BEEUTEEFUL!!!

I have a few new figs myself!

[Gold Metal Flake]

43. Congrats!!

Nothing like growing food.

Watch out, though. Birds LOVE figs.

[Jara sang]

45. You are seriously "cropping out"

next time don't broadcast it over the internets, I'm pretty sure the cops monitor these sites.

[GOPisEvil]

47. Yeah, what do the cops think, that I'll make my own ricin?

[Jara sang]

48. you got some serious ganj going in that second pic

[GOPisEvil]

49. Castor Bean.

:)


(this is not my plant, but this is a closer view)

[Floogeldy]

50. I think you found one of Democracy White's balls.