I planted one of my fig trees inground last summer and winterized it using leaf bags full of leaves and a tarp. The tree made it through the winter and is doing very well considering the chipmunks or mice ate a good part of it. Looks like I will be planting mint around my fig tree or mothballs will be added this year. I think it did well considering how bad of a winter we had. I am glad it turned out well. This winter I will be better prepared to deal with the rodents. I plan on planting another tree outside this summer.

What variety was it?  Was there any die back?  That's quite an accomplishment in your zone.

that's cool are you in zone 5 ?

It is an Unknown Black. The only die back was caused by the rodents. There were a few branches completely stripped of bark and they died. Otherwise the tree was fine. I am on the edge of zones 5/6.

What was your low? Around -15f with many days under -5f?

That's interesting about the mint. Have you tried that before?