Hi, thanks for having me on the group.  I'm about as much of a newbie as one could possibly be.  I recently ordered Ronde de Bordeaux cuttings from a member of the group and am looking forward to learning all things fig related!  My family is from Italy though I was born stateside.  We always had fig trees in the yard growing up.  Now that my father is older, it is hard for him to keep up with the fig care and maintenance and so consequently the trees he had have now died.  I am hoping to start a new tradition in my garden.  I am an avid vegetable gardener but have a lot to learn about figs so I thank you in advance for all the tips and info I'm sure I will find here.  

Happy growing!!

Cristina

Welcome Cristina

Welcome Cristina, good luck with your Ronde, great choice of variety to start with.

Welcome aboard Cristina.

I joined here in July and have been in awe of the countless gracious and helpful people on this Forum.

Enjoy your new Fig journey !!!

I got into figs for the same reasons, now I'm completely obsessed. Welcome to the group, lots of helpful people on here.

Welcome to F4F forum.

Welcome, Cristina.

You are in for a great adventure.  I highly recommend researching what does well in your area and try to keep your collection to the best most productive varieties, as it always starts with just one or two figs, and then they take over your life.  LOL.  True!

Also please add your zone to your signature.  This is helpful to know when you have questions.

I would also suggest if you haven't already discovered the search feature next to the logout as well as topics pinned to the top, which provides a wealth of information for new members.

Cristina glad to have you here!

Welcome, Cristina.... The addiction is REAL.... be careful you don't end up trying to root 200 cuttings a season from 75 different varieties like some of us that have caught the affliction have tried to do...   :-)

Welcome to the forum !

Welcome to this forum Cristina
I'm from Italy myself, do you know where in Italy your family is from?

Welcome Cristina!!

Welcome to the group, lot of help here for you just ask

Welcome friend!

Welcome!  Z7 is a great place to grow figs and RdB is a great fig to start out with.  You'll want more figs of different flavors and ripening times and eventually 40 acres and 2 large greenhouses.  Best of luck!

Welcome Cristina.  Wishing you lots of success with your RDB. Pretty sure it will be the first of your figs.  Lots of varieties and different flavors. So much fun to grow and try different things.

Welcome to the forum! Excellent choice with rdb for our area...but it won't stop there.

Thanks all for the warm welcome!!  I can tell this is going to be a lot of fun!  

From the sounds of it, I'd be wise to make some extra space in the garden for more than a few fig adventures! I seemed to have developed a similar "problem" with tomatoes after joining the Tomatoville forum some time ago...hmmm....

 
Mario- our family is from Campania.  Where are you from?
Shirley- thank you for the tip- I updated my signature to include zone.

Welcome to the forum! Glad you are here.

Welcome, from one to to the other.. They all help you Cristina here in the forum, It's wonderful. .
Mario O
Zone 9a

Wecome to your new place to talk to friends

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome, Christina!

Welcome!  Be careful not to get carried away (well not too much).  Are you planning to grow in containers or in ground or both?

If you are planning to grow any inground, then searching the forum for info on the Mt Etna varieties should be useful - all of us northern gardeners with inground figs should have at least one - Chicago Hardy, Takoma Violet, Sal's (Gene or EL), etc.  One of those should certainly be an early choice as well.

Welcome Cristina !!!