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Snow is coming!!!

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Originally Posted by Garlic_Mike
Devisgro,

Thanks for all the information.

It is a great help and thanks for taking the time to post it all.

Mike


You betcha!  I am glad that it was helpful! 
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Originally Posted by macmike
Wher is the snow? I miss it. Oh, tell me please we are going to get some this year in zone 8. Live in zone 5 got more than my share. Move here no snow at all!


Well you just killed my chances of moving to zone 8 haha.  My wife read that over my shoulder and said that you cant have a winter without snow, so we are never moving that warm! Ah well.  We just have snow flurries so far, nothing sticking so far because the ground isn't frozen solid yet, but the blankets of snow are coming lol
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Hi,
Living in a flat, my freezer is a small one, so no place inside for the figs. Plus, I tried one to freeze some, and I was not completely happy with the outcome.
As for refrigerating them, I don't like to eat them cold. IMO, fruits are not as tasty when cold/refreshed; teeth are not happy; and stomach neither . So I prefer to eat them at orchard temperature, thus I put them on the balcony (between 7°C and 15°C for now  - 45°F/60°F).
I haven't tried to dry them, as I feel that it would take a lot of time and energy to do so and I would have to figure how to store them afterwards. I'm just starting to master the jam making.
So I just make jam for now. But I have made more than enough jars of fig jam for this year... May have to sell some ... LOL .
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Originally Posted by jdsfrance
Still no frost for now.
Snow may come in December.
The figtrees are still producing ripe figs. I have some 30 figs from last friday that rotted on the balcony. I'll have to trash them before they smell too bad... and I'll go harvest some fresh ones :)
The problem is they don't last long once harvested, because they ripened in the milder/cooler weather, so as soon as you bring them in the warmer air of your house ... they ripen and turn moldy in one day.
So I need to eat or process them the same day that I fetch them ...
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Ever try putting them in the frig after they are ripe? May be they wouldn't mold that way. Just be sure to put therm on a paper towel to absorb any moisture.
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Sorry, could not resist. It's going to be 93/68 today. Beginning tomorrow the highs are only in the 80s,that are the norm.
The first time I lived in snow, I said "why do people live in snow"? It's probably what you say when its over 115° here and easily over the 100s in the summer. The only good thing is it a longer growing season for my Figs.
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Originally Posted by Figfanatic57
Sorry, could not resist. It's going to be 93/68 today. Beginning tomorrow the highs are only in the 80s,that are the norm.
The first time I lived in snow, I said "why do people live in snow"? It's probably what you say when its over 115° here and easily over the 100s in the summer. The only good thing is it a longer growing season for my Figs.


Honestly that's the only reason I would love to California. But the cost of land out there is nuts...and I think I would miss the snow to be honest.
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