Welcome Brian! You just might become Brian "Fig Seed" up there where they are ripping out paradise to put in a parking lot............ I can see you are doing what you can to keep those figs alive in some way.
Developers! A part of our lives. I used to live in Orange County California, so named because of all the Citrus groves and strawberry fields. They are all gone now. I fear the same thing will happen here in my new town. Already the town is spreading in a big way towards the Dairy ranches. To destroy our commercial citrus side of town, the growers would have to sell, and so far, they are standing ground!
HUGE houses with teenie yards. It's the building trend. 2 high schools in one town. AND they have widened a road that connects us to other towns, and I can already see the gleam in the eyes of developers.
Aside from that, you will find so much wonderful information in this forum and you will meet a lot of new friends.
Suzi