Well, Fellows, Spring looks as if it might be here again.
When I started coming to this forum I was newly widowed and living alone. All the children were busy with their own lives and had begun the process of "letting Dad take care of himself again". (Gad, having children hover over you like old hens and not saying a word because you know they mean well is difficult and gratifying at the same time.)
At any rate, I filled my patio with figs, tended them like babies and multiplied them. I gave away many, took them to the family reunion for the while elephant auction and even sold a couple.
Then I marrted again and started looking around this place and seeing all the other things I should have been doing. Fences, cattle, chickens, church, the house and a new wife took priority. Still, last year was a good year for figs and we put up many pints of fig jam. (And it is all gone!)
When Fall came I put all I could into the garage, including a dozen or small plants from last year's rooting. Six I could not fit into the garage; they went into the barn. We had many days below freezing and one night of fifteen below zero. Those in the barn perished and many of our outdoor plants froze to the ground.
Friends here have sent cuttings; they are rooting. Yesterday I put all the figs outside, betting on having had the last freeze of the year. It is unseasonably warm and dry but the figs look good and some are carrying brebas.
Wishing you all a good year for figs. As for me, I must go feed the cattle, the chickens and build some fence. I'll water the figs late this afternoon.
Ox