First fig and next wave of raspberries
Our first fig ran nearly three weeks late
this year, ripening up on September 18. Even then, we only had
the one until today, when I hope to bring in enough figs to make it
worth our while to roast
some. Good thing that possible frost passed us by or this would
have been a one-fig year! Instead, with autumn warming back up
through the beginning of October, we may get to enjoy gallons of them.
The
blueberries are finally slowing down, but another row of raspberries is
ripening to take their place. It's a bit odd how our two
plantings of red raspberries act entirely differently even though they
are all clones of one Caroline
plant. The row closer to the north-facing hillside (meaning they
get a lot of shade, even in the summer) ripened up their fall berries
nearly a month before the sunnier row, but the shady berries were
considerably smaller. The berries turning color now are huge and
copious, promising a bowlful per day for our favorite dessert.
What fruits are you enjoying this week?
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Emily --- One of our readers in Florida grows them, using the tops of storebought pineapples. He gave us one to try, but I was too lazy to take it in for the winter. If you're willing to spend two years babying a potted plant, though, it's supposed to be possible....
Daniel --- I have a high tolerance for pests that don't really do much damage other than cosmetics. We do have fruit flies on our raspberries (although I haven't tried to ID them to species), but I just ignore them. It does help to always pick the fruit every day, and to toss any fruits that get away from you to the chickens rather than letting them rot on the bush.