Hi everyone,
Here is an article my Mom wrote about me and my figs.
A report from a mother.
It wasn’t enough that my daughter (Jubilee) has a yard full of animals, i.e., chickens, ducks, geese, a tom turkey, and multiple goats, now she has a new addiction to feed.
Figs!
It has gotten to her at a young age. She appears to have an extreme case, and it may be contagious.
An ad appeared on Craigslist for an estate sale back in May. One of the photos had a couple of old wheel barrows for sale with a fig tree in the background.
When Jubilee saw that photo her face lit up. She made sure we made it to that estate sale.
While there she urged me to ask the seller about the fig tree. He said it was his father’s, who recently died at age 99. He also said that his father made a lot of wine from that fig tree. I asked if we could get a cutting. He said someone already looked and there were no baby fig trees coming up around it. Jubilee had already let me know that we could start fig trees from a branch of the tree so I asked if we could cut off a branch. He said sure so we cut a three-foot branch off. After getting it home we cut it into six or seven pieces.
We not sure what kind of fig it is but some of the cuttings are growing. If the figs from this tree make wine that helps you enjoy life until age 99 it will be worth it.
Now she is planning on going to the upcoming Greek Festival so we can ask any of the older folks there if they have any fig trees from Greece.If she keeps going at this speed the yard will be full very soon:)