Not me, unfortunately! Our five varieties of figs are gearing up for the start of their season – they advise me Wednesday the 15th February is the date. I love figs, not only for their marvelous taste as fresh fruit and amazing versatility in the kitchen, but for their smartness – there’s no other word for it! Not only do they keep producing new figs during a three month long season (cf wine grapes; one crop, with a season of less than a week!) but on our farm they’re the lowest maintenance thing of all – a couple of ‘shots’ of dynamic lifter, one spray of eco-oil (basically pyrethrum in canola oil), a good prune annually (halving the height) AND each tree carries its own insect controller, in the form of a ‘personal’ spider. A spider (don’t know it’s scientific name)that starts the season almost invisible, but grows to a round ‘blob’ the size of a 50 cent piece (excluding legs!) by the time the first frosts of May herald the end of the season. They’re not dangerous – just a little tingle as you bump into them on your daily picking sortie, making sure you keep your mouth shut tight!! Later on, I’ll show you a picture of one at season end!
PS It looks like being a very big harvest…just got to get it ripe
Rob
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