Category: Kitchen Gardening
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The Fruits of my Garden: Figs, Apples, Pomegranates, Asparagus and Berries
The second fig crop is still ripening on my Ficus ‘Petite Negra’. Days are shortening and nighttime temperatures are cooling down. Yesterday was our first dreary and wet reminder that our days are numbered. It misted and rained. Clouds hung in the air all day—as did the smell of PNW dampness. The city of Portland felt…
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Happy Blogoversary! Amateur Bot-ann-ist Turns 5 and Ficurinia Celebrates with Some Prickly Pears
Usually I’d post a Wordless Wednesday post here but today is special so I will forgo that formality. Today my blog turns 5 and I wanted to celebrate. The cheesecake is not yet complete, but the prickly pear sauce for it is, and now you can all hear about my relationship with the prickly pear……