A week of firsts!

First cabbage harvested, first peppers and tomatoes appearing, and a surprise first sunflower. They don't normally bloom until late summer!









The lilies are starting to take over the garden:

First lilies of 2010!

And there have been beautiful irises and peonies.








A lovely mini rose:



The flower garden is going to be gorgeous this year!

:(

The death of the Fig Tree That Ate Stafford County, Virginia. :(



The roots were getting into the septic system...a big no-no.



Mom kept some cuttings- hopefully they will become baby fig trees!



2009 was a bad year for FTTASC,V- almost no figs. Some of the branches were dying.

Son of the Fig Tree That Ate Stafford County is alive and well.

More October surprises!

Irises!

Fig tree failure?

The "Fig Tree that Ate Stafford County" has not done well this year. There have only been a handful of ripe figs, and they didn't start to ripen until late September. Mom thought the tree had died. We did have a bad cold snap this spring. That might have caused the delay.

Sad little figs on a branch:

So, no dried figs or fig preserves this year. :(

Surprise!!!

Mom had no luck with the pumpkins she planted this year. But she got a big surprise the other day while weeding- she found these two "volunteers"! Pumkin seeds must have fallen in that part of the garden- through birds or compost. The bugs must not have seen these two growing. They certainly enjoyed feasting on the ones that were planted!




And here's her cute little lemon:

Another batch of veggies!

Mostly peppers of many kinds. :D



The peppers have been good this summer!