I made this truly inspired dessert last night using the last 2 dozen fresh figs, cooked down with a couple of Tablespoons of sugar, juice of half a lemon and 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon. When cooled I added about a 1/4 cup of toasted almonds and a 1/4 of dark chocolate chips. I wrapped the jammy mix into a log of pie dough and baked it. I must say, they are scrumptious.
The clover popped almost over night and is now covering the bed I prepared last week with green.
I found this little guy hiding under the landscape fabric that I lifted up today in preparation for planting garlic. I captured it in this orange bucket for a positive ID as at first I thought it might be a copperhead. Careful study and consultation of the field guides left us pretty certain it was a baby northern water snake. Makes sense as I have seen the adults at the pond, which is where I took it to release it. The eyes were the most obvious thing to say non-venomous as the pupils were round and venomous snakes have narrow slitty pupils.
