worth watching the video at the bottom of the article.

http://italiangardenproject.org/fascination-figs.html

this video also

and it shows the unearthing of a large fig tree.
http://italiangardenproject.org/visit-bruno-garofalo.html

Nice video Grasa...I have seen this once before, but you can never get enough of a good thing...thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing! Mr. Vaccaro lives fairly close to me. I may have to get in contact.

Great video Grasa  thanks for posting it.

Zone 8
South West TX

Thanks.
1:25 of the video reminds me to buy some advils for root pruning.

at mi 2:15 there are some aluminum pie plates spinning! Wonder how good they scare the birds.. Does anyone here use this method?

Thanks for sharing this, the video is pretty awesome. I like how he buries his figs when they are dormant.

Grasa , I've tried alum pie plates , old cd's, aluminum foil strips and the birds (cardinals) here just laughed and managed to get quite a few figs and blueberries. I finally tried row covers and then went to gauze bags that someone here (sorry forgot who) had luck with. She bought them on ebay ,  you have to cover each fig . The 4"x4" size was the best I found .
I've yet to try rubber snakes .

found another one :
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sectionfront/life/for-the-love-of-figs-native-of-italy-tucks-his-trees-in-carefully-each-winter-to-ensure-delicious-fruit-in-the-summer-273000/

That is one huge tree. I wish I could get cuttings from that tree.