Thanks for the warm welcome guys!! :)
rmulhero- you're lucky your bf is taking an interest! Mine still cant tell the figs from the citrus. Having said that, his hobby of mixing music is about a 1 on the excitement scale for me lol
pino-i'd say I'm noob-ish? Have had the HC for 5 years. I absolutely love it. Tastes great and always is loaded with figs. 4 years back I had purchased 3 other figs all labeled "red honey" but all having completely different leaf shapes lol Kept them in pots. All fruited, one was green the other two were purple. One was exceptionally tasty and then.....a few winters back the hubby was doing work on our cistern in the unheated sunroom and put the pots outside. I never noticed cause I'm not observant at all! I often get distracted by birds and shiney objects, but that's another thing....anyways first night -11, second night -13...figs were fried :( I kept them hoping they'd come back(wishful thinking I know lol) but by the end of July they had a date with the compost pile. So now the potted figs I currently have, I've only had for 1-3 years. They're all in root prunning pots and are doing extremely well :) The figs off the LSU purple this year were ridiculously good!!! I picked the first one when I was just kind of walking by, and before I knew it I was just standing there spaced out in tasty fig heaven!!
rcantor-I read about this Niagara Black/Longue D'Aout when I was searching good varieties for this region. Can this be planted and protected in ground? The man doesn't care if I add to my collection outside, he just doesn't want to compete with plants for floor space in the garage/unheated sunroom/basement. And me, if I could just live in a greenhouse.....