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I just read instructions on how to start a thread thanks to Wills. So, I thought I'd introduce myself. I live in CT and work in the library at Eastern CT State University. Before that I worked in my own studio, managed a studio where they hand printed clothing, and set up shows in art galleries for other artists. I did some staging of houses for realtors. I also worked at an AZA zoo in CT ( Beardsley ) and specialized in predators, wolves in particular. I was certified as an animal handler with the AZA in 1994.
Obviously, I have Dobermans and have for almost forty years. Some have been my farm dogs, some have been rescue dogs, and some have been show dogs. Thankfully, my husband shares my love of canines. I lost my second stud dog last May and now we have only his daughter, Nikita. I don't breed dogs, but I think of myself as the keeper of the genetics of my breeder's line, because she places her males with me. We moved from our farm to a smaller property when my husband had an accident and we needed a house that was only one story. At the farm I had a 26 X 46 ft greenhouse and raised heirloom vegetable plants, herbs, and perennials. Someone I worked with gave me cuttings of his fig tree that he'd brought with him when he came from Sicily. I asked him what kind they were and he said "brown". That's pretty much my whole background in figs. I planted them in the biggest clay pots I could find and left them on the floor of the greenhouse. Their roots went through the pots and into the ground and they got to be about eight feet tall and I got about a bushel from them every year. I left the house unheated in winter, the figs went dormant, and in the spring they'd come back strong and hard. The farm still belongs to my husband and his siblings, but the year after we moved we had a really bad storm and the greenhouse collapsed under the weight of the snow before we could get there to clean it off. The figs tipped in their pots and their roots snapped and much to my horror they were gone.
Last fall a man I buy my vegetable and flower plants from now gave me a fig tree from a cutting from his tree in one of his greenhouses. All I know about it is he got his tree from his father, who got it from his father who came from Italy with cuttings and started their greenhouse business. I asked him what kind it was and he said "green". Seriously, how is a person supposed to learn anything?
I was surfing the net thinking I might find someone who I could get a fig tree from with a variety name other than brown or green. I came across Wills and here I am. Please understand I really don't know much about figs other than I love to eat them, think the plants are beautiful, and they seem to grow for me. I have a three season porch I wintered the green fig over in and it's starting to push buds, so I believe I can winter over others. I have a Ponderosa Lemon that lives on the porch and it does just fine. The lemon I've had for twenty five years and when I bought it they said to keep it pot bound and I have. It's twelve inches high and about twenty five inches wide and produces lemons every year. A friend of mine who passed away several years ago was a Japanese Landscape designer and he always said I have a gift for bonsai and that's why the lemon is so small. Logee's in Danielson, Ct is fairly close to me now and that's where I got the three inch tree from originally.
I plan to do a lot of reading here and learn from all of you...so thanks in advance for bringing me out of my "brown and green" phase of fig gardening. I think my next tree will be a Petite Negra.
I hope I've chosen wisely.
Obviously, I have Dobermans and have for almost forty years. Some have been my farm dogs, some have been rescue dogs, and some have been show dogs. Thankfully, my husband shares my love of canines. I lost my second stud dog last May and now we have only his daughter, Nikita. I don't breed dogs, but I think of myself as the keeper of the genetics of my breeder's line, because she places her males with me. We moved from our farm to a smaller property when my husband had an accident and we needed a house that was only one story. At the farm I had a 26 X 46 ft greenhouse and raised heirloom vegetable plants, herbs, and perennials. Someone I worked with gave me cuttings of his fig tree that he'd brought with him when he came from Sicily. I asked him what kind they were and he said "brown". That's pretty much my whole background in figs. I planted them in the biggest clay pots I could find and left them on the floor of the greenhouse. Their roots went through the pots and into the ground and they got to be about eight feet tall and I got about a bushel from them every year. I left the house unheated in winter, the figs went dormant, and in the spring they'd come back strong and hard. The farm still belongs to my husband and his siblings, but the year after we moved we had a really bad storm and the greenhouse collapsed under the weight of the snow before we could get there to clean it off. The figs tipped in their pots and their roots snapped and much to my horror they were gone.
Last fall a man I buy my vegetable and flower plants from now gave me a fig tree from a cutting from his tree in one of his greenhouses. All I know about it is he got his tree from his father, who got it from his father who came from Italy with cuttings and started their greenhouse business. I asked him what kind it was and he said "green". Seriously, how is a person supposed to learn anything?
I was surfing the net thinking I might find someone who I could get a fig tree from with a variety name other than brown or green. I came across Wills and here I am. Please understand I really don't know much about figs other than I love to eat them, think the plants are beautiful, and they seem to grow for me. I have a three season porch I wintered the green fig over in and it's starting to push buds, so I believe I can winter over others. I have a Ponderosa Lemon that lives on the porch and it does just fine. The lemon I've had for twenty five years and when I bought it they said to keep it pot bound and I have. It's twelve inches high and about twenty five inches wide and produces lemons every year. A friend of mine who passed away several years ago was a Japanese Landscape designer and he always said I have a gift for bonsai and that's why the lemon is so small. Logee's in Danielson, Ct is fairly close to me now and that's where I got the three inch tree from originally.
I plan to do a lot of reading here and learn from all of you...so thanks in advance for bringing me out of my "brown and green" phase of fig gardening. I think my next tree will be a Petite Negra.
I hope I've chosen wisely.
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