Today's haul - preserves tonight

[Whiterk]

Picked a few off the tree to make preserves with.

[fitzski]

Very nice. Are they Celeste?

[Whiterk]

Yes. I believe they are the tree is about 100 years old.

[F. Bennett]

So lucky! Enjoy.

[COGardener]

What is it with everyone and their HAUL?????

You have more figs in the bucket then all of my trees have combined.......... HEAVY SIGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Taverna78]

I don't even have one fig over size one pencil eraser!

[Rafaelissimmo]

Couple of months of 90+ weather like in LA will do that for ya!

[Sarahkt]

No worries, Scott. The trees are growing. I've got some figs but nothing like the bucketfuls others are gleefully posting.

NEXT YEAR WILL BE OUR YEAR.

[F. Bennett]

Yep Scott...my 'hauls' mostly come in September and they fit on a pastry dish. haha!
If Virginia wasn't so beautiful, I could actually transfer with my job to Tampa, FL at my will.

[Darkman]

It's a Ying and Yang thing.

Beautiful mountains Incredible beaches!

Best you just buy a place in both and work from your house.

[F. Bennett]

Sounds good to me!

[COGardener]

Most of my trees are still real small. This year I will have around a dozen Hardy Chicago, 7 Sweet George and a little over a dozen LSU Improved Celeste. Next year I'm sure will be much sweeter... or figgier any way. Only my 2 and 3 year old trees are fruiting this year, next year all have another 30 or so in their second year so perhaps a better "HAUL" then!!!!

[drphil69]

I look forward to my "haul" this year... last year I got maybe 5 dozen figs, mostly Chicago Hardy from 1st year trees. The way my trees look this year I expect several hundred. I sure hope the birds don't figure out how good they are!

[COGardener]

Birds are tasty too!!!

Rotisserie crow with raspberry fig sauce..... YUM!!!!!

[PawPaw Gene]

Nice Randall, I found out today that my fig preserve tree got chopped down. Need to find another Celeste.
"gene"

[Whiterk]

Gene are you going to LSU Fig Day?

[Darkman]

He is?

[Darkman]

Not sure where the question mark came from! He is attending!

[COGardener]

Why oh why would someone chop down a fig tree?

[greenfig]

In the SoCal they are considered the bad weeds and the parks have full time employees to pull the seedlings and getting rid of the older illegals

[COGardener]

Wow.... sounds like a full time job to stay ahead of the city and save some trees.

[Whiterk]

In the pot they go!

[Hershell]

At my house they would have never made it that far.

[Whiterk]

The kids filled up on them and this is all that was left.

[Whiterk]

TWINS!!!! We shouldn't have eaten those other few, seems we came up a few short oh well. 4th of July breakfast is going to be hot biscuits and fresh fig preserves! Couldn't think of a better way to start a holiday.

[Tejas]

Very nice!

[Darkman]

Very nice indeed! Randall doesn't have bad breakfasts! His bees produce awesome honey too!

I wonder if he makes his biscuits from scratch? LOL

[Whiterk]

I have made my biscuits from scratch but you just can't beat pilsbury. We had hot biscuits with figs and butter and sop the plate up with Hershel's home made cane syrup. It was to heaven!!! Thanks Hershel!!

[COGardener]

If it tastes half as good as it looks! !!!!

[PawPaw Gene]

Scott my BIL is allergic to the sap even the little that's left in a ripe fig. He can't even eat the preserves. The tree was useless to him and his family. So chop chop. Maybe I can find another source for this year.
"gene"

[Darkman]

Gene I have a nice Celeste tree in 45 gal pot I guess its about 6' tall. It's yours if you want it. Just need to figure out how to get it too you. Currently it has figs on it. I can't say if it is a great Celeste but it has history that I can trace back to the late 1800's. This is the first year it had figs and seems to have a decent crop. This Winter we could bare root it and it should travel well. This tree's heritage traces back to TJ Testman's family. Should be a really good tree.

[COGardener]

I can't imagine. Yet there are trees here that I consider useless. There they are week and invasive, and I will get rid of one any change I get.

But not a fruit tree......

[PawPaw Gene]

Thanks for the offer on the Celeste Charles, I'll think about it but will probably pass because of the distance between us.
"gene"

[Whiterk]

Another Haul today. Fig preserves again tonight.

[Visceral]

You must have a big tree. Do you protect it from birds? I've read Celeste can drop fruit in hot, dry climates. Do you have any issues with that?

[Whiterk]

The tree is probably over 100 years old and about 30 ft across and tall it's loaded with thousands of figs. Birds eat plenty but there is plenty still available. It has been plenty hot but it has been raining often and we haven't noticed any drop.

[COGardener]

Sounds like an incredible tree, it is a shame they can't grow like that here.

[COGardener]

I was in gulf breeze a few years back, before I contracted OFCV (Obsessive Fig Collection Virus). If only I knew then what I know now.

[Whiterk]

Haha. Funny I have been diagnosed with the something. When I was deployed I would always take notice of the fig trees in Egypt and all across Europe. If I would have contracted the disorder back then maybe I would have discovered a treatment. I've been to Palma a few times and would have taken a trip to the Pons orchard

[Taverna78]

😡😡😡😡👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼

[Whiterk]

Haha! Love the icons! Come by for a visit. That was only half of what was picked. A lot more on the tree. You bring the pizza and beer and we will have all the figs you can eat.

[Taverna78]

Trust me my friend. If I drive to come see you and you have fig for me I make you authentic home made Italia dinner that you forget all about Chicago pizza 😉

[Whiterk]

Your on!