So, I have this friend at work,  really nice funny guy.  His great grandmother brings the root of a fig over in her socks from Italy.   He says the fig has been in his family for a long time.  They come from south of Rome.   Actually he's part of the reason I got into figs.  He brought some in last year and they were pretty good.   Last week, I say, you should bring me in some cuttings.  He told me just stop by and go in my back yard and grab them when you have time.  So I did.  Attached are photos of the fig tree which he covers with a tarp and then Plywood.  I figured I would keep one and give the other one back to him so he could share with his relatives.  The lower branches where touching the ground and had air-layered and should speed up the rooting progress.  3 total plants should come of that adventure. 

You'll notice my tagging system in the photos.  I will post photos of the other figs in my collection in a minute.

I like stories of figs in socks, pretty cool. That fig will always be treasured by her family.

I like the story. I need to live somewhere warmer so I can enjoy these adventurous figs some day.

Nicole,  I'm in zone 5.  How do you think I feel?  I'm going to have to build a greenhouse or something.

Your system looks great!

We don't freeze in Seattle - we just don't get any heat! And it rains a lot. Fickle fickle. But at least I don't have to worry too much about horrible winters. Glass half full?

Oh yeh, Seattle might be tricky with all that rain.   As you can tell from my dormant lawn.  We haven't had much rain.   We get 3 hot months (June, July, August)  Every year they are different though.  Never Know what you're going to get here in Michigan.

Nichole,

I hear that the Desert King and the Gillette figs perform very well in the PNW climate.

BTW, I'll visiting my duaghter in Seattle, WA shortly.

I only have one tree in the ground at the moment and it is a DK. Lots of others in containers, up against my south facing wall, praying for sun and heat ;)

I hope the weather is lovely for you! Summers in the PNW are beautiful.

That fig is not easy to ID because it has generic common type leaves that are not mature yet.
If you post in August then the leaves take final shape and you also might have a ripe fruit then.
Some cultivars like Celeste,Ischia Green ,and other have three lobes leaves that form early in the final shape and so they can be id,but others ,the leaves continue to grow the leaves, first ,it is entire it grows into a three lobes ,that grows farther into five lobes by August1st.