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SouthernMoss · 07-07-2007, 12:31 PM

Gotta love fresh figs! The birds and I have an understanding: I pick the ones I can reach, and they can have the ones higher up. ... Now if I could just get the wasps in on the agreement!

berto64 · 07-07-2007, 12:42 PM

Those figs sure look good Somo.

When I was a kid we had a fig 'tree' and a rhubarb plant that just kept on giving.

My mom was always baking rhubarb pies, cobblers etc. & fig cookies and stuff.

358 winchester · 07-07-2007, 01:37 PM

We got better than 8 dozen ears of corn , three gallons of figs (trees are still loaded), four watermelons, six cantaloupes and two more tomatoes just this morning !

22WRF · 07-07-2007, 01:54 PM

Ummmm those look like Brown Turkeys.

Mine are a long ways from ready.
Have plenty of White Figs if I beat the birds to them

Pistolenschutze · 07-07-2007, 02:59 PM

I will never forget the huge fig tree my grandparents had in their back yard when I was a kid. I can still taste the figs from that tree!

Crpdeth · 07-07-2007, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Pistolenschutze

I will never forget the huge fig tree my grandparents had in their back yard when I was a kid. I can still taste the figs from that tree!

Me too...Ripe or not!

Ginga...I'll trade ya some peppers for those!

Crpdeth

SouthernMoss · 07-07-2007, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 22WRF

Ummmm those look like Brown Turkeys.

Either that or Celeste. I've been having trouble trying to determine which they are.

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Originally Posted by Crpdeth

I'll trade ya some peppers for those!

Deal! But you'll have to wait until the next picking ... I've already eaten all the ones I picked this morning!

Bruce FLinch · 07-07-2007, 09:35 PM

must...have ...figs...

or at least a fig newton!

Silencer · 07-09-2007, 11:19 PM

I'm jealous. I haven't had a good, fresh fig in years.

Are you gonna smoke them? I LOVE smoked figs. Put them in the smoker with some hickory, or apple wood. Smoke them for a few hours and man, they are fantastic.

Here, check out what this dude did... http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...?threadid=6130

Rommelvon · 07-10-2007, 12:06 AM

my fig tree is infested with bees and ants...but I still manage to get a few

Bruce FLinch · 07-10-2007, 12:15 AM

Nice of you to share your fig's, Rom!

I've been sharing my Red Gravenstein apples w/ the ants. We have an agreement..I try not to pick the apples on the tree, they are eating, & they try not to eat the apples on the tree I want to pick.

It's a dwarf tree, & I have picked about 5 gallons of apples so far. They come in lots earlier than the other apples. Hope to get a few more gallons in the next couple of weeks.

The apples that fall on the ground, I leave under the tree to mulch in over the Fall/Winter. Never used fertilizer, & only spray for bugs & leaf curl once in the Spring. I get some real tasty apples!

JohnK3 · 07-10-2007, 08:47 AM

You don't want to lose the little wasps, SoMo. They're called "fig wasps" and they actually pollinate your figs so they'll get ripe enough to eat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig_wasp

Rommelvon · 07-10-2007, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnK3

You don't want to lose the little wasps, SoMo. They're called "fig wasps" and they actually pollinate your figs so they'll get ripe enough to eat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig_wasp

LMAO..ok I just woke up and read your post, I could have sworn you said they were "fag" wasps.....lol.....I need my coffee

ibtrukn · 07-10-2007, 10:51 AM

figs artichokes broccoli turnips rutabaga yams bacala

but IB go along witda rhubarb pie aslongas U dont mix strawberies witit

WarSteed · 07-10-2007, 02:07 PM

I've got a Safeway right across the street... Produces fresh bananas, figs, oranges, strawberries, apples, yams, etc etc...all with their special coating of pesticides and chemicals! yuuummmmy!

SouthernMoss · 07-10-2007, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Silencer

Are you gonna smoke them?

I've never heard of smoking figs. And the smoker made from a flower pot is new to me, too. The figs in your link sure look good, though.

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Originally Posted by JohnK3

You don't want to lose the little wasps, SoMo. They're called "fig wasps" and they actually pollinate your figs so they'll get ripe enough to eat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig_wasp

Nah, my wasps are the regular red wasps ... you know, the ones that will chase you all over the yard if you make 'em mad.

My figs are self-pollinating, so they don't have the little fig wasps.

SouthernMoss · 07-10-2007, 08:06 PM

Here's some from this evening. The wasps had already gone to bed, but the skeeters dang near carried me away!

07-07-2007, 12:31 PM	#1
SouthernMoss Admin Tech Staff Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SW MS Contributor Posts: 10,651	Figs! Gotta love fresh figs! The birds and I have an understanding: I pick the ones I can reach, and they can have the ones higher up. ... Now if I could just get the wasps in on the agreement! Attached Images __________________ My Second protects your First "I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand." - Susan B Anthony -->

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berto64 VMBB Admin Staff Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Owyhee County, Idaho Contributor Posts: 7,385	Re: Figs! Those figs sure look good Somo. When I was a kid we had a fig 'tree' and a rhubarb plant that just kept on giving. My mom was always baking rhubarb pies, cobblers etc. & fig cookies and stuff. __________________ Be who you are & say what you will, Those that matter won't mind and those that mind don't matter. I'm a bitter clinger, One Nation Under God.

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22WRF Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pea Ridge, FL Contributor Posts: 4,251	Re: Figs! Ummmm those look like Brown Turkeys. Mine are a long ways from ready. Have plenty of White Figs if I beat the birds to them __________________ NRA GOA CCRKBA Happiness is a warm barrel

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Silencer Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Southern California: Inland Empire Posts: 1,290	Re: Figs! I'm jealous. I haven't had a good, fresh fig in years. Are you gonna smoke them? I LOVE smoked figs. Put them in the smoker with some hickory, or apple wood. Smoke them for a few hours and man, they are fantastic. Here, check out what this dude did... http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...?threadid=6130 __________________ War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. Skeet Shooting Game! Don't Shoot Your Eye Out! Last edited by Silencer; 07-09-2007 at 11:23 PM..

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07-10-2007, 12:15 AM	#11
Bruce FLinch Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Point, Kali..aka Gun Point Posts: 5,016	Re: Figs! Nice of you to share your fig's, Rom! I've been sharing my Red Gravenstein apples w/ the ants. We have an agreement..I try not to pick the apples on the tree, they are eating, & they try not to eat the apples on the tree I want to pick. It's a dwarf tree, & I have picked about 5 gallons of apples so far. They come in lots earlier than the other apples. Hope to get a few more gallons in the next couple of weeks. The apples that fall on the ground, I leave under the tree to mulch in over the Fall/Winter. Never used fertilizer, & only spray for bugs & leaf curl once in the Spring. I get some real tasty apples! __________________ A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work.

07-10-2007, 08:47 AM	#12
JohnK3 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,636	Re: Figs! You don't want to lose the little wasps, SoMo. They're called "fig wasps" and they actually pollinate your figs so they'll get ripe enough to eat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig_wasp

07-10-2007, 10:51 AM	#14
ibtrukn Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: central N.J. Posts: 4,335	Re: Figs! figs artichokes broccoli turnips rutabaga yams bacala but IB go along witda rhubarb pie aslongas U dont mix strawberies witit

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WarSteed V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 188	Re: Figs! I've got a Safeway right across the street... Produces fresh bananas, figs, oranges, strawberries, apples, yams, etc etc...all with their special coating of pesticides and chemicals! yuuummmmy!

07-10-2007, 08:06 PM	#17
SouthernMoss Admin Tech Staff Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SW MS Contributor Posts: 10,651	Re: Figs! Here's some from this evening. The wasps had already gone to bed, but the skeeters dang near carried me away! Attached Images __________________ My Second protects your First "I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand." - Susan B Anthony