I have been reading up in the forum for awhile and I just wanted to take a moment to properly introduce myself to the entire F4F group.

I have always personally enjoyed muscadines and scuppernongs with heirloom tomatoes a close second, but when my mother-in-law stated she did not care for figs I thought to myself "How absurd, who doesn't like figs right?"  Therefore I have taken it as a personal challenge to find a fig variety she will enjoy.  I charge headlong toward this windmill knowing that if I fail, I will personally be able to enjoy more varieties than I have ever experienced making this is a win-win situation for me. :-)

I have already made the acquaintance of a few members who have helped me acquire a several different figs and I have seen a very generous nature among the F4F group as a whole.

Being new to figs I may ask a lot of stupid questions as I begin this hobby,  in fact, I only just found out what a Breba was in reading over the forum.  I will now take my seat in class, read and study intently, and try my very best not to raise my hand too much.

Areas I may be able to help out in:
Past interests have mainly been Muscadine and Scuppernongs.  I recently relocated and have restarted my vineyard with 12 different grapes and thrown in a few plums, apple and blueberry and raspberries as well. This past year I started dabbling in the super hot peppers growing Bhut Jolokia, Trinidad Moruga Scorpion and Butch T Carolina Reeper.  I personally do not eat these peppers and do not see why anyone would...but I really enjoy watching those who think they can.

Thanks for reading!

Greetings and welcome!!
I think we may have to talk peppers, my hubby loves him some ghost chilies ( I think he's nuts) I have wanted to grow some for him and we recently heard about the new one so I'd like to give that one a shot too.
I hope you do find something to suit your MiL taste...

Welcome to the forum.

welcome.

Welcome to the forum And thanks for bringing back Paully to the forum after his long absence.

Bartley,
Welcome Aboard :)
Do tell us more about your "Trinidad Moruga Scorpion" - Any pictures of those Super Hot Peppers?
Happy Figging,

Welcome to the forum.  Nice introduction!  I just got some seeds for jalapeno and habanero.  That's about as hot peppery as I need to go.  I use jalapeno all the time in guacamole, and the habanero is a star in our hot caramel ice cream topping.

Have the vineyard in common, but ours are all wine grapes.  Red.  All heat loving. Tempranillo, Touriga National, Cabernet, Charbono, Malbec, Mourvedre, Alicante Bouchet, and many more.  I have a couple hundred vines to plant in the next couple months.

Good luck with your figs!

Suzi

Welcome!

Bartley, I hope you do not mind if I piggy back your topic. I too am new to the f4f group. I too am reading and learning a lot.
I am in Missouri and have a couple of potted figs that mean a lot to me as they came from my father, unknown variety. Other than that I guess not much of interest about me. I have lots of questions but will continue reading before I ask as I am sure my answers are already here.

Welcome Bartley and listenstohorses! 
Yes, lots to learn here for us new fig growers.

Welcome to our new members, from another neophyte. Last year was the first time I every picked a fresh fig off my own tree - it was a bite of heaven! I'm really looking forward to this year's harvest.

Wow, such a warm greeting by all!

GRamaley - we can certainly talk peppers and I should be starting seeds for this year soon so I can move them under the lights.  The superhots tend to be a little slow going in the beginning.

DCfromSoCal - I will dig through the server and post a few pics.  I'm not much of a photographer, but do snap camera phone pics regularly of anything I am growing or working with.  Memories are usually inaccurate and get worse over time.

DesertDance - While my wife wants absolutely nothing to do with even a jalepeno, I can pick up a habanero in the produce department and eat that as we grocery shop...but I will not put another superhot in my mouth.  I started several other varieties last year...brain pepper, 7 pot, devils tongue, etc. but was called away on business when the seedlings had just broken the surface and wasn't there to take care of them.

I am interested in hearing about your wine grapes.  I'm just becoming aware of what all UCDavis has to offer and saw your post about their grapes.  We have several hundred acres of pasture we are no longer using and I thought "Why not wine grapes?"  I understand they tend to do a lot better in the northern portion of this state where I have just moved to.  With all those grapes at your disposal, have you ever made grappa?

Listentohorses - Pull up a chair and we can share study notes.  Tell me about your horses.  My wife and I have matching bookend quarter horse Grullas that we trail ride and she has another western pleasure show horse as well.

Again, thank you all!

I'm also  big tomato fan, I grow spoon( red and white), indigo rose, tiger, oz heart, orange purple blush, and a bunch of others. Let me know if you want to seed swap for pepper help.

Welcome!
Have you read Dale's blog about the Carolina Reaper?
http://delectationoftomatoes.wordpress.com/2013/11/04/carolina-reaper-pepper-harvest/

I love hot peppers, but there comes a point...

Aphahn,
I would say the description in that post of intense physical pain is spot on! There is simply no joy at all for me in eating these and I cannot even perceive how anyone could detect "fruit' flavors at this scoville scale. I firmly believe the ones with the tails are a direct progeny from the devil himself! Bright red with a spiked tail...natures way of saying Don't Touch. LOL

Welcome.

Welcome to the forum Bartley.

Hi Bartley, happy figging :)

Hello Bartley and enjoy this forum but don't mix the peppers up with the figs.

Richard 
Zone 6a MA. with Greenhouse

Bartley,
we are down to 11 horses and around March another three will go to their new homes. Mostly buckskins and palomino here, used for fun trail rides and bird dog field trials. All but one can off of the same ranch in Colorado, just love the genetics she has.
Eboone,
I too am very interested in figs that can grow and produce in the ground in zone 6!