[Bon of Babble]

We've had wild weather in So Cal - plenty of heat this past week with temps up to 90 degrees. Not good b/c it causes fruit trees to blossom too early - then when rain returns, as is expected this weekend and coming week, all the blossoms are washed off = no fruit.

Looking forward to the rain.

I always thought my winter garden looks better than my summer garden (too much hot wind):

My helpers loved the spring weather!

[FamiliarFace]

Beautiful everything, Bon! It cheers me up to see all this color!

[MomwithHope]

There’s our favorite two buddies, great pictures, thanks glad to see you on the thread. Things look beautiful and clean no dust.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Are those Stocks in with the Pansies? Those are my absolute favorite, as far as scent goes. :)

[Alas Babylon!]

That sure ‘nough is purty!

[gleeaikin]

Lovely winter garden, I may send link to my son in Puerto Rico. I have 3 fig trees in two states separated by over 100 miles. One planted about 10 years ago the other 2 about five years old. I had never visited the property with the oldest fig in the spring until 2 years ago when I couldn’t hire someone to cut my lawn there. I was surprised to see NO fig flowers. On a visit a month later I discovered the little fig buds starting to sprout out of last year’s new growth, so no flowers for rain to destroy. However, last year when I went to mow in April there were tiny fig buds, but on my May visit they were gone, and in June they were growing again. The only thing I can figure is that a severe cold snap had stopped/killed? the baby buds in early April. The same thing had happened to buds in my home town tree.
Does anyone have experience with figs to confirm my thoughts or provide others? Unfortunately, a small flock of birds had discovered my oldest tree and I gathered very few figs. They were almost all damaged or fully eaten by the birds before they were as ripe as I had wanted. I had planned to try to dry figs for long term eating. Also something I have never done. Any info out there on drying figs? Thanks in advance. This year I hope to have a enough figs on my new trees to also enjoy. One is a low, more bushy type. The others are upright with large leaves. A Peruvian friend says you can use those big leaves like grape leaves to wrap food for cooking like the Greeks do. Has anyone ever done that?