I am so disgusted and incredulous at the same time. The goddamn deer ate a fig tree at the base killing all the branches. It was one you can’t get a lot. It was a Sicilian fig called Saint Rita. It came from Off The Beaten Path in Lancaster, PA. I don’t believe they ate the actual roots. They just ate the soft stuff at the base of the tree, which was 8 feet tall after being trimmed a few feet for winter. Maybe it will grow back, but I’m so disgusted and then I went on a tour of the garden and two camellias and some selective munching of rhododendrons.

So I ordered two camellias from BloomBox and a Chicago Hardy fig for spring delivery. Then I ordered an Austrian Pine and a Violette de Bordeaux fig from another one of my favorite places, Fast Growing Trees. The pine and Violette de Bordeaux will be potted on in larger pots for a year when they arrive. They are coming in 2 gallon pots, but I want them to get a little bigger before I put them into the ground.

Oh and I found a new hole on the edge of woods out front . Our entire area is on a limestone fault line. So I filled it with stone and soil. My neighbors have a rather large hole as well and it’s larger. It’s the schist and karst of it all.

But it’s not bad. My small Edgeworthias have their little winter blooms.

Anyway thanks to listening to me grumble. I am very disheartened. And yes, the deer spray does work, but when you get snow and stuff, it puts the people off their schedule and a couple of days makes a huge amount of difference. And that reaffirms my belief once again that you have to be religious about spraying.