This evening we had a fresh arugula and lettuce salad from the garden made with with olive oil and parmasian cheese. A home grown Rutgers tomato puree made last fall was used to used to make the delicious sauce served with home made Italian sausage and ziti.
Very Nice Fig Trees For Sale
Today we released trees in several varieties for sale. Please send us an email with any questions.
Nursery Stock is Looking Great...
Our fig tree nursery stock that we propagate our cuttings from are really grow well. On a sunny warm day its great to outside and see how well everything is growing
Fig cams !
It's very interesting to see all of the wildlife activity in the yard with our fig cams. Birds, cats, squirrels etc. At night its very spooky especially when it's raining. Boo!
Nursery Inspection Today
Jessica the Horticulturist from The New Jersey Department of Agriculture inspected our stock today. "Plants look great!" she said in her report. We can ship to most states in the US. Send us an email if you have any questions.
Up Potting Our Nursery Stock at the French Fig Farm
It appears that the chance of frost is very low now. Our stock is out in full sun and many of the buds are starting to open. Many of the two crop varieties have small figs just starting to grow.
First Planting this Season
We have Rototilled the garden and this week we will plant mesculin and Buttercrunch Bibb lettuce seeds. Burpee has a great selection. We really look forward to this each year.
When we have some ready for the table we will show a simple but extraordinary salad recipe that lets the fresh lettuce stand out.
Crocus in Bloom
These dark purple ones are my favorite
Brigitte the Cat on a Sunny Day
You can always find her at the sunniest part of the house
Soil Mix for Large Pots
We use a soil-less mix that we blend ourselves. Its made form peat moss, pine bark mulch, Perlite and lime. Osmocote plus will be added to the mix when we transplant the trees. We grow our trees in 20 gallon (#20) nursery pots from Gro-Pro.
Spring is here
Over the next couple weeks we will move the figs out of the garage and up-pot and fertilize them. We like to wait until the chance of frost has diminished. We are in hardiness zone 7a and the last average frost date is April 15th.