How much better can things get around here? I love figs . . seriously love figs. I could sit and eat them right off the tree til I . . well, I guess til I couldn’t eat any more. I love fig preserves. I love fig cake. I do not like Fig Newtons. My grandparents had a couple of huge fig trees. One is no longer there but one is still there and still produces but my parents aren’t up at the old home place enough to take good care of it and the birds end up getting most of the figs. In Kentucky I begged for a fig tree and found one online that said it would survive our winters but it did not. In Missouri, I didn’t even try because our winters were worse than in Kentucky.
Over the weekend, we were at Tractor Supply and they only had a few fruit trees out but I walked over to look at them. Vince keeps telling me we’re not planting fruit trees this spring . . getting the garden going and cows or goats or whatever we’re going to do will be more than enough to tackle this spring. I told him that if there was a fig tree, I was getting it. Sure, enough . . they had fig trees and we got it!
Til Vince can get it planted and protection up so the deer don’t eat it, I leave it out during the day and put it in the well house at night. Just looking at the fig on that picture and knowing we’ll some day have figs, makes me so happy!
Judy D in AZ says
Good luck. the house we are in now had 2 fig trees when we moved it. They grow just fine in Phoenix. However, the birds and the ants got more fruit then we did. One of the trees was removed right after we moved in because of its location. The other grew and grew and twisted and twisted. It was such an interesting looking tree. Unfortunately, we had problems with carpenter bees and we did not realize that they were boring into the trunk. When we discovered the damage they did, we tried to keep the tree alive but were not able too. So, enjoy the multiple harvests and look out for those big black bees.
Karen says
Figs are ok but not something I eat much of – I do wish you luck with your tree though – it is always so nice to get a tree that we want that produces!
Karen
Debbie says
I love figs! Lucky you! Good luck with it.
Pam says
Brown Turkey is a good one.
Sharon Spingler says
The farthest I will go is Fig Newtons…….It’s not just a cookie…..it’s a Newton.
pdudgeon says
wishing you loads of good figs and jars of preserves and jam in the future!
Maxine says
I have a hedge of Fig Trees 14 actually ……..you will just love yours once it is bearing ……..I have grown most of them from cuttings ………so once yours is growing well you will be able to grow others from cuttings ………very easy .
Maxine
Lynne in Hawaii says
Yum!
Elizabeth says
I almost missed that post about that egg. I am thinking that would make a very nice giveaway – one glorius chocolate egg. Have fun keeping those deer away from those figs!
Lee says
Yum, fresh figs straight from the tree. I miss my tree from where I lived before I got married. I think they were Mission figs, so good but I didn’t know what to do with them other than just eat them as they were…that was the days before I had computer access. Ants did love them I remember.
Angie SoCal says
Much success with your fig tree. My husband loves figs. We tried planting one when we first moved to our house but after 4 trees he gave up. It seems gophers love fig trees just as much. They kept eating all the roots of the tree.
KatieQ says
Sweet! When I was a little girl, the Italian family next door to my grandmother’s house had a fig tree They would always give some to my grandparents. They were delicious. I remember they would put an aluminum bucket over the top of the tree and wrap it in tar paper for the winter. I guess the NY winters were hard on the tree. My grandparents were from Poland and barely spoke English, Mama G next door spoke even less English than my Babcia, but they got along great. Maybe, their limited English skills kept them from saying anything that would cause problems.
Dora, the quilter says
I love fresh figs–and eat fig preserves as a second choice so I am thrilled that you are going to get to grow and eat the real ones again!
Kathy C says
When we lived in NJ all our Italian friends and relatives had fig trees. Since it was cold in the winter they used to wrap them up in old pieces of carpet, and blankets, and tarps and other types of plastic.
And we always had fresh figs from them in the summer.
Karen says
I love figs too. My dad had a fig tree here in St. Louis for years – he would bend the tree and bury the top in mulch in the winter. It worked until the tree got to big to bend & bury! My cousin has one in Chicago – it’s outside in the summer & inside in the winter.
Enjoy those figs.
Carol says
I love fresh figs too! I had never had one until 3 years ago while in California visiting my daughter. I was afraid to taste one, but once I did…..OH MY! Living in Ohio, figs are not a fruit we get. I hope some are ripe when I visit California in April. I’ll have to find out 🙂
Mel Meister says
There are very few foods I will not eat… and figs are at the top of that list. Overripe bananas are right up there, too.
Diane H says
My husband loves figs. He planted two last year, but the heat just was too much. He tried to keep them alive but they didn’t survive. Maybe we need to try again.
Susan says
Oh you are so right about FIGS………. Thanks for the reminder. I want to get one started this year so that I can enjoy the fruit next year.
Let me know how yours does…………….
Nancy Garner says
I have a fig tree in my back yard, every summer when the figs come out, I almost have to stand there with a shotgun, all my friends and neighbors show up to eat the figs right off the tree.It produces the best largest black figs. It was started with a cutting from my aunts tree, over 20 years ago, Vivian is gone now, but the tree continues to remind me of my great times with my dear Aunt.
Linda S says
I almost bought a fig tree last week, but figured I couldn’t get it in the car. Actually, I saw them at Costco, and figured I might want to run out to my favorite nursery and get one there instead. I did pick up some flower bulbs and a couple of blueberry bushes at Costco though.
Karin says
hmm, I plan to get a few fruit trees the end of the month (it’s still frosty here at times in the mornings) – I wonder if fig tree’s grow in WA? I’ll have to check into it! I know I want a peach at the very least. We are losing our plum trees due to we have to widen our driveway, so I’d like to replace them with something else further away from the house (luckily we don’t have to worry about deer!)
Sarah says
Hope you enjoy your figs. We planted this variety several years ago and really look forward to late August which is when they start to ripen here. Although last summer was so cool that we got very few before the cold weather set in. Also, we have yet to get the promised spring crop. Oh well, we still have some fig jam from two summers ago.
Sarah in California
Myrna Sossner says
Oh, yes!! Brown turkey figs!!! Several years ago we bartered with a nursery man … many shasta daisy plants for a young BT Fig tree. After a year or two (I have lost track of time) it began producing. Every morning I would go outside to check on the progress and eat a couple of ripe ones. I can attest to the regularity of my (ahem!) as a result.
I have as time has gone by tried making fig newtons with poor results. Mostly we just eat them as is or poach them.