Busy Baggins birthday
Unusually busy weekend
around here. I drove myself to town (horrors!). Mark cooked
himself supper without me (extraordinary!). I met one of our blog
readers and a couple dozen of her closest friends and family in the
flesh (hi, Emily in Bristol!). Mom showed off the one-year-old
daughter of our Chicago Hardy fig tree (impressive!). Lost 'seng
hunters wandered into our yard (unusual!). My weather guru warned
of a possible frost Monday night (yikes!).
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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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Chicago-hardy fig tree
What variety is this tree? I love figs, but never thought I could grow them in my area. Thx.
Comment by
Lynn Anne
— Mon Sep 22 07:44:47 2014
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comment 1
It was so great you could come! ! I'm glad Mark didn't suffer without you. 
Comment by
Emily in Bristol
— Mon Sep 22 08:38:29 2014
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comment 3
That first comment made me laugh, as it's exactly how I feel about driving alone. (Even though I now have a daily commute, driving to the local BIG TOWN is cringe inducing nevertheless.)
Comment by
Faith T
— Mon Sep 22 10:30:07 2014
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Figs for the north
Lynn Anne --- "Chicago hardy" is the variety. You can read about other types of cold hardy figs here.
Comment by
anna
— Mon Sep 22 17:54:42 2014
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