Ann Loves Plants

Tag: vegetables

  • Fête de la Saint-Fiacre—and a prayer too

    This past weekend our gardening friends and counterparts in Ireland and France celebrated the Feast Day of St. Fiacre—the Patron Saint of gardening. Although celebrated by other Catholics in other countries, St. Fiacre was born in Ireland and lived his life in France so these two countries venerate him more than others. I was quite…

  • 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…