Garden, this time last year (note fig at upper right)
What do you do with a dead fig tree? Okay, it isn't actually dead, although for quite a while I feared it was; it took its sweet time but it's finally putting out strong new growth from the base. Who knows, I might even get some figs next year! But in the meantime, what to do with the dead trunk and branches? I suppose I could have cut it to the ground, but I kept hoping it would finally leaf out, right up until that time of year when I pretty much stop working in the garden because it's too hot, too humid, and too buggy. (At least that's my excuse for what is probably just plain laziness.)
