No, I haven’t started on the previously mentioned September garden tasks. But I have a good feeling about today. A trip to Portland Nursery is in the works. I still have a week of September left.

Meanwhile… figs! Our fig tree is bursting with more figs than we can reasonably eat out of hand. Hurrah! We’ve only had the fig tree for two—maybe three— years and it’s already prolific. Our harvest this summer is meager so every pluckable edible is that much more exciting. I was thinking about making fig preserves, but the only recipe I have at hand calls for 4 pounds of sugar. FOUR POUNDS. Granted, it also calls for 2 quarts of figs, but still… I hope I can find another option. According to Mr. Slakethirst’s baby brother, fig preserves are the bee’s knees.

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