tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252308131554892866.post5723005737077729226..comments2024-03-27T19:44:46.783-06:00Comments on South Englishtown Gazette: Goodbye Old Fig TreeWilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252308131554892866.post-79748081414514292682017-09-07T13:54:40.081-06:002017-09-07T13:54:40.081-06:00Sure thing, Gregg.Sure thing, Gregg.Wilmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252308131554892866.post-76904659046022701742017-09-06T16:53:30.077-06:002017-09-06T16:53:30.077-06:00Won't be a vacuum for long! Thanks for stoppi...Won't be a vacuum for long! Thanks for stopping by Chris.Wilmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252308131554892866.post-91464075098131884062017-09-06T16:52:39.558-06:002017-09-06T16:52:39.558-06:00Seeing the devastation from Harvey and Irma and Ir...Seeing the devastation from Harvey and Irma and Irma's projected path to Florida makes my heart ache. We have been lucky down here except for Iris in 2001.Wilmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252308131554892866.post-65285083547662616732017-09-06T16:50:37.167-06:002017-09-06T16:50:37.167-06:00You are right, John - it would be worth a pretty p...You are right, John - it would be worth a pretty penny in the US, too. Not so much here. I should really see if any of the artists who do carving would be interested in the big slabs. The only problem is transportation. Wilmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252308131554892866.post-48920461581484189742017-09-06T16:36:16.730-06:002017-09-06T16:36:16.730-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gregg Dunnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08226532816288171657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252308131554892866.post-62693863971274186712017-09-06T16:02:29.099-06:002017-09-06T16:02:29.099-06:00As they say, "Nature abhors a vacuum" It...As they say, "Nature abhors a vacuum" It won't be long until something takes its place. Wonderful saga of the fig tree's demise!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05224823051315463861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252308131554892866.post-68740537383278495502017-09-06T12:21:03.810-06:002017-09-06T12:21:03.810-06:00Oh my. How appropriately timed too with the hurric...Oh my. How appropriately timed too with the hurricanes coming in 2017!Jen @ Drinking the Whole Bottlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649538302711219878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252308131554892866.post-64318837588993146672017-09-06T12:13:43.661-06:002017-09-06T12:13:43.661-06:00Here all that junked wood would have been worth qu...Here all that junked wood would have been worth quite a bit of money. Many people seem to have installed log burners for their Winter heating so there is more competition for what burnable wood is available.Midmarsh Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10980417659811194899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252308131554892866.post-84030165918194638782017-09-06T10:08:23.067-06:002017-09-06T10:08:23.067-06:00Thanks, Derek. I had no idea that agave would eve...Thanks, Derek. I had no idea that agave would even grow in your part of the world! They are impressive.Wilmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252308131554892866.post-444294384812457592017-09-06T10:06:36.027-06:002017-09-06T10:06:36.027-06:00Yes, life wants to prevail. And even when somethi...Yes, life wants to prevail. And even when something does die, there are other organisms ready to take advantage of an empty spot.Wilmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252308131554892866.post-69566246344535565292017-09-06T10:03:27.124-06:002017-09-06T10:03:27.124-06:00I have high hopes for the Coral Tree(s). We have ...I have high hopes for the Coral Tree(s). We have planted 2 so far. They are just little now.Wilmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252308131554892866.post-47900334767346165392017-09-06T08:51:22.424-06:002017-09-06T08:51:22.424-06:00That was a really enjoyable pictorial record follo...That was a really enjoyable pictorial record following the eventual junking up of your fig tree.<br />A couple of years ago, the owner's of a house along the road from me that had a large agave in it's front garden, were surprised when the flower stem kept on getting higher and higher before eventually flowering. It was so unusual here in the UK that photos of it made the local paper.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252308131554892866.post-63161543088179974902017-09-06T07:03:28.971-06:002017-09-06T07:03:28.971-06:00Amazing. Life does not want to give up, does it?Amazing. Life does not want to give up, does it?Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252308131554892866.post-74660432417466589402017-09-06T02:47:44.794-06:002017-09-06T02:47:44.794-06:00What a job! The trunks of figs are works of art......What a job! The trunks of figs are works of art... and a royal pain to remove. I love coral trees!Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.com