so... I'm reading this thread and relating/commiserating with all the other fignuts who have posted.  My g/f (holiday gathering at the house downstairs) came upstairs to see what I was doing. 

I responded with, "finding out if I am a fignut or not." 

She said, "you are.  now come downstairs."  Then she looked at my computer screen and added, "maybe if more than half of the tabs on your web browser are fig related..."

I looked up at my tabs... ahh, I am a fignut.

My best fignut moment:  I was traveling during Dec 2007/Jan 2008, I was worried about my potted trees in Houston would come out of dormancy while I was gone.  I bare rooted all of my 1, 2 and 3 year old trees, wrapped the roots with wet newspaper and aluminum foil and stored them all (more than 40) in my fridge to keep them from waking up. 

Happy holidays to all the fignuts,
~james

If you research a fig tree location posted on line, and drill google earth down to street level and look for an advertising sign for a business near the tree and contact that business, look for the owner, call repeatedly until you speak to that owner and send him a prepaid package to just throw a few cuttings in and ship them back to you and the whole process takes a couple of months and eventually you get your cuttings.....

If you search local real estate ads online just for listings of houses with fig trees...
you may be a fig nut.

You are probably a fignut if you find yourself reading...and posting on the Fig Forum on New Year's Eve.

You prune the old ugly non fig tree that hangs over your property so you have appropriate space and sun for the more beautiful fig tree!  Let the pruning begin!!

Ha! I just found this...BUMP!

You might be a fig nut if you have dirt under your nails...in the middle of winter!

You might be a fig nut if your two year-old child sees you scrubbing sticks at the sink and says "Daddy, more figgies?"
You might also be raising another fig nut!

You might be a fig nut if you take the back roads to work once in a while, just to check out the progress of the fig tree peeking over that stone wall.

You might be a fig nut if you get a fig related gift for Christmas. You might be in too deep if it's two gifts, and they're from your in-laws.

Ooh, you might be a Northern fig nut if you cheer when the weather forecast calls for overnight lows in the mid forties, or you get really frantic and go outside with a whole bunch of tarps at 10 pm because there's a frost advisory!

Alan,

I knew someone back in college who was a homebrew fanatic and named his first son "Porter" for the beer style.

Great post!!!!!!

You might be a fig nut if you convince your wife to become a realtor to run recon for you.

Finally a thorough description of me.

oh one more thing by the way; 

You are a fig nut if ...

- your day is not complete until you check all your fig trees to make sure you don't leave a perfectly ripe one overnight

When your husband tells you to grow your next fig tree on your head, then he is nut but you are a fignut.

Is there a "Figaholic Synonymous" in my town? I might need help ;-/

You are a fignut if you take photos of your figs from different angles before eating them

You raised a fignut if when getting back from your garden your daughter jumps all around you asking "were there some ?"
You tell her: yes only two and she answers : "I swear I won't tell mum about them ".

You raised a fignut if when getting back from your garden your daughter jumps all around you asking "were there some ?"
You start laying them on the table for the photos - you try to concentrate to make the best photo ; it's October not so much light you turn around and around the figs- and the little fignut asks you: "Are we going to eat them someday? or are you giving them to someone else?"

FICUS ADDICTUS !!  No known cure and not looking for a cure!

it's like a hangover. only cure for the fig addiction is.. more fig. 

i may not be a fig nut just yet but I am working on that.
Dan's post made me smile.

Thanks Dan.  
Have a Happy New Year along with all the wonderful fig nuts on this forum.

Manny

... if you always keep clippers in your truck in case you see an unknown fig tree to "borrow" a few cutting from

i would say ,  you're a fignut when you use  a fig tree instead of a pine tree for christmas

wish list Vasilika sika,texas blue giant ,black jack

Dan your the man, my new hero!
Dave

When it arrives, be sure to tell him you don't know what it is....but you seem to remember someone on the forum promised to send you a gift some time :)

.......until he sees the credit card bill, that might work....

overheard telephone conversation.  "We will come and eat by your pool.  Ours has sticks in cups all over the table"   You might be a fig nutterbutter. Joyce

...when you consider girdling a tree in your front yard, knowing the city will only permit you to cut down a dead tree,  and replacing it with a more deserving fig tree. 


Tim  Zone 10a  Santa Barbara