Fruit

We will have fruit in the near future. One of the types of fruit will be figs. Figs are an interesting plant. The trees often bear fruit twice a year. The first crop comes in the spring on last year's growth. I have not had good luck with this in the past. Often we have a frost and figs are very delicate. If it gets down to freezing even for a few hours the figs will be killed. This year we had a very cool spring and this delayed the fig tree from sprouting out and so I should have a good crop since the figs can stand frost before the bud. Take a look.

I also have blueberry bushes covered with blossoms and now fruit. It is amazing how many berries will be on these small bushes.

The third is strawberries. They are spread all over the yard. Strawberries grow very close to the ground. In the past I have had a lot of problems with slugs. The reason strawberries are named that is that you need to place straw under the branches to hold the berries up off the ground and away from the slugs. The flowers are beautiful.