57707 Plaquemine St

Jewel Paradise Cove Beach Resort & Spa

Runaway Bay, Jamaica

Trip to Jamaica, February 2015

I completely forgot to tell our cat sitter to water our garden while we were on vacation. So quite a few things did not do so well. The fig tree did ok (it has lost it's leaves, but it's already budding some new ones) and the figs are starting to ripen nicely. There are 37 total figs on the little tree and it's definitely bending under the burden....I just have to decide what to do with all of them...Eating out of hand is the first option, my second thought is some sort fig jam or something similar. Mmmmmm fig jam.

Some species of Oxyopidae, on the fig tree in the backyard. Eating an ant. Cool!

It came with the house. Don't know if it grew this way naturally or (more likely) whether it was a result of bad pruning.

I love the fig leaves growing in the spring they have an excellent shape and start off so tiny getting bigger and bigger

Poppy's Wonky Stars

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The fig tree in the square where I stayed.

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Ready for gathering, at arms length. Ref: D363-010

Some species of Oxyopidae in the backyard, on the fig tree. I guess they don't just eat ants.

The bug is some kind of little fly or gnat that are very common in our yard.

On Abbott St in New Farm

bought at the Farmer's Market in Asheville, NC

arrived : April 5, 2012

The figs are already starting to form. Fig trees are really cool trees. They are almost bush like but are trees. The have many sprawling branches and huge leaves. This is in my backyard.

Could not resist this shot on the Minard Estate in Browns Town St. Ann