Love your one of a kind setup. This proves that with some creativity anything is possible. Just curious to know what other fig varieties are readily available and might do well in your area?

Thank you, Sas! I'm not a fig specialist and can't evaluate possible in our zone varieties. People who live in subtopic area of our country and have more experience in in this field can do that better than me.

There are cold winters, rainy summers and strong winters in my zone. A few people grow fig trees as an indoor plant.

I read an article of one fig fan who grows a fig in the form of a bush at the ground level (no deepening). He covers it with a box of tight foam in winter. His fig ripens fruits.

It's possible to order a lot of different sorts through the Internet, forums and ebay.

I have three varieties of figs:

- Brown Turkey (my favourite). It doesn't need a lot, gives big fruits and they're ones of the best that I have tasted (but unfortunately I didn't taste a lot :) )

- Dalmatic. I have 4y.o. plants. It doesn't fit for houseplanting well. Also it gives branches poorly and grows very fast. I have to cut it so much to control its growth and as a result I don't have my first yield. And second fig formes so late that it doesn't have time to mature in our zone. However, I read that it's a good variety with amazing tasty big fruits.

-The third one doesn't have a name. It's very whimsical. I cut that and replanted last year. It disliked this and this year it didn't give any fruits. Before this momet this fig tree gave 60-80 berries of light color with nice fruit taste.

Large windows in my house and a greenhouse help to increase a vegetative period for 2 months. The figs trees are in the garden in summer. I think that they are much luckier than other fig trees which grow in our zone. :)

Brown turkey are good if totally ripe and it is a fruit fig. I would never consider going out and buying a Brown Turkey for landscape purposes, there are plenty of other plants that are preferable for landscaping. I am sure that others like BT besides myself, if anything, they are underrated. Is it the best tasting fig? Of course it is not, but it is still good. Also, there are many variations of BT.

Welcome to the forums. A lot of good info and good folks on here

Great Idea, Elena.  Keep us updated with your pictures.  It's really wonderful to see this kind of project.  A lot of work but well worth it!

Elena
Welcome to the forum, you bring such wonderful fresh ideas.
This is my favorite aspect of the forum. Seeing the lengths we go through to grow some figs, especially those of us who are in less than ideal situations
You, and your husband should be commended for thinking "out of the box". 
Coop

Elena...I like Brown Turkey also! There are so many different variations of BT! Mine has a Pinkish Center and as sweet as sugar!

Likeo....Why do you think BT is no good,and people use it as a Landscape Plant?? Where did you hear that at ???

Frank from Alabama

Elena, welcome to the forum. You are correct, BT seems a very under rated fig. Mine is old reliable and produces every year. It was also my first fig. They say you never forget your first.

"It's better to see once than to hear thousand times."  Great idea and photos!