365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Saturday, August 24, 2024
First Figs
Day 316: Another horticultural success! I probably should have given them a few more days on the tree to reach peak sweetness, but I've had my mouth set for figs for weeks as I have watched these mature into plump fruit. There are still three or four more to come, but one of them doesn't look like it's swelling, and then there are two which came on later that I know won't fully develop before first frost. Nevertheless, I now have high hopes for future figginess from this tree since it seems to have reached the tipping point between "ornamental" and "bearing." My next project is to coax the Medlar tree into producing enough fruit for jelly. It's coming along nicely, and I doubt it will take as long as the fig to give me a crop.
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