Monday, April 5/2024

 Fig tree across the road now resplendently in leaf, though no fruit in the foreseeable future. Have learned more about the fig, though really nothing could surpass the fertilization by a burrowing colony of wasps who give up their lives in the enterprise.

But Adam Eve were luckier than they knew, expulsion from the garden notwithstanding. Either that or the writer of Genesis underinformed.  Fig sap and fig leaves can cause phytophotodermatitis, leading to second degree burns. Bill brought this up conversationally last week. Photographs quite horrific. Will no doubt continue to pluck the odd fig, but with more care and respect than previously.