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As a newer member last year I received a few trees offered up in various giveaways, mostly contest types, and I want to return the goodwill.
I have a St. Rita fig tree that has been rooted out from a cutting and is established enough for shipping. I’ll cover shipping. The tree is available for all new members who have a join date of April 2021 or later. Entry is by replying to the post by 9 am Eastern on Thursday that you would like to entered. I will use a random number generator to decide who wins and I’ll contact you through PM.
I won’t ship to AK, HI, or international...including California.
The story behind the St. Rita fig is:
Shortly before her death from her bed at the convent Rita asked a friend to bring her a rose from her garden at her home. It was a cold and snowy January and certainly not the season for roses to bloom, but to gratify the whim of a woman who was desperately ill, the friend went there and was amazed to find a rose bush in full bloom. Picking a rose and taking it back to the convent, she asked Rita if she could get her something else. "Yes," was the answer; "bring me back two figs from my beloved tree in my garden." The friend hastened away to the garden once more and amazingly discovered two ripe figs on a leafless snow bound fig tree.
Rita is sometimes represented in art as holding these emblems. St. Rita of Cascia is especially venerated in Spain, and there and elsewhere she has been called "the saint of the impossible." In all countries persons who have especially heavy burdens to bear have been comforted and helped by meditating on the example of this saint, and praying to her.
I have a St. Rita fig tree that has been rooted out from a cutting and is established enough for shipping. I’ll cover shipping. The tree is available for all new members who have a join date of April 2021 or later. Entry is by replying to the post by 9 am Eastern on Thursday that you would like to entered. I will use a random number generator to decide who wins and I’ll contact you through PM.
I won’t ship to AK, HI, or international...including California.
The story behind the St. Rita fig is:
Shortly before her death from her bed at the convent Rita asked a friend to bring her a rose from her garden at her home. It was a cold and snowy January and certainly not the season for roses to bloom, but to gratify the whim of a woman who was desperately ill, the friend went there and was amazed to find a rose bush in full bloom. Picking a rose and taking it back to the convent, she asked Rita if she could get her something else. "Yes," was the answer; "bring me back two figs from my beloved tree in my garden." The friend hastened away to the garden once more and amazingly discovered two ripe figs on a leafless snow bound fig tree.
Rita is sometimes represented in art as holding these emblems. St. Rita of Cascia is especially venerated in Spain, and there and elsewhere she has been called "the saint of the impossible." In all countries persons who have especially heavy burdens to bear have been comforted and helped by meditating on the example of this saint, and praying to her.
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