SummerSweetPlums
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Posted 1383075478
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You stare at every tree you drive by wondering if you'll spot a fig tree, and when you do see one....you're happy as heck. When you're a fig addict, you log onto this site every hour of the day hoping you didn't miss out on anything. You know when you're a fig addict, when you get frustrated when you meet people who don't appreciate figs . The worst part is I'm just starting out. How extreme do thing get for everyone else on here? You know you're a fig addict when.....
paulandirene
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Posted 1383077928
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...when after a trip [especially some place far from home] where you have seen fig trees, you use Google Maps Street View to find them again, and save the GPS coordinates
BLB
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Posted 1383078435
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you have more pics of figs in your phone than pics of your family
eboone
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Posted 1383079064
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Originally Posted by SummerSweetPlums You know you're a fig addict when.....
before you have bought your first fig tree...figs , and when I asked the owner he sold me a 2 ft tall Hardy Chicago out of his little greenhouse. :)Dark Greek (Navid), Col Littman's Black Cross
aphahn
1354927274
Posted 1383081254
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Your car spends the winter outside because you need the garage space for overwintering trees.
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gorgi
1188888396
Posted 1383081425
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When one's own available land/space becomes too small/tiny for more figs .
Maro2Bear
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Posted 1383082080
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.....when you replace the standard overhead lights in your large master bathroom with high intensity grow lights to ensure your young fig trees get some additional light; AND you are able to convince your wife that " this is a good thing"!
jdarden1963
1373528032
Posted 1383084689
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You know you're an addict when you go to sleep thinking about figs , wake up thinking about figs , try to watch TV only to realize you are thinking about figs .....lol. You also know you are a new addict when you go outside to look at your fig trees 5 or 6 times a day. =)
Hoosierguy86
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Posted 1383087884
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...there are more cuttings than food in the fridge, on the fridge, and rooting on the dinner table because it is the best place in the house. Mark- still working on convincing the wife this is a "good thing" haha.
GRamaley
1357742252
Posted 1383089089
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Hmmmm, I guess I will just have to live with the addiction, there doesn't seem to be a 12 step program....
Smaritza
1357076942
Posted 1383089137
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You have fig trees rooting in your office because it's really hot in there. Yout take your child around the neighborhood and show her where the fig trees are..
dkirtexas
1341345900
Posted 1383089166
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when everything you read here on the forum seems to be reasonable and nothing surprises you, I have no illusions of normalcy!
RawGreens
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Posted 1383089276
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@ Jules, LOL me too! and you just stand there staring at them like they just grew an inch or so. You walk away and come back to stare again. I wonder if my neighbors think I'm nuts. Youre a fig addict when you spend more money on feeding your fig than yourself.
vito12831
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Posted 1383092267
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when you have a two car garage and you have to park in the driveway and still looking for cuttings to find that perfect fig.figs " and you realize how much your gonna miss her.
singh
1350950727
Posted 1383093297
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You tell your friends and family how good your Fig trees are and if they can find you more.
Quackmaster
1370361410
Posted 1383094937
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Originally Posted by jdarden1963 figs , wake up thinking about figs , try to watch TV only to realize you are thinking about figs .....lol. You also know you are a new addict when you go outside to look at your fig trees 5 or 6 times a day. =)
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snaglpus
1244258188
Posted 1383096911
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.....when you have to take 5 personal vacation days from work just to repot fig trees and prep your green house before winter. My wife thinks I'm crazy
javajunkie
1362970391
Posted 1383104538
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There is a 12 step program for fig addiction and I am practicing it at my house.
armando93223
1318984112
Posted 1383106508
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My name is Armando and I am a Fig Addict.......Been Losing Friends in Life and on Facebook....LOL Maybe I should talk about oranges...??? or something else...LOL
garden_whisperer
1353347580
Posted 1383111539
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Your a fig addict when your spare bathroom is a cutting nusary, your laundry room hoses the taller plants under the grow lights there.the wife said she wanted more lighting and I deliverd. The bathroom houses many larger figs under grow lights. Again she wanted more light ;-). The top of the freezer and fridge servea as a heating mat for root growth. And planning to build a shed just for round year figging with heat, lights, and solar panels. Your an adict when you remove 60 foot of black berries 30 foot of raspberries, and three arbors of grapes just to make more room for figs . Now I am trying to get my mom on the fig wagon so we can plant on her land.
recomer20
1378013757
Posted 1383113930
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...you begin plotting how to expand into your neighbors' yards.
BexleyRabbit
1375322533
Posted 1383118884
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This is the best thread. I have read it every day and makes me smile. All of them are true too!
james
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Posted 1383165082
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... someone you've just met mentions they have an XXX (son, daughter, parent, cousin, office, etc.) in San Diego and you wonder if it is too soon to ask them for help transporting trees from Jon's place.
2016 Wish List: Dārk Pōrtuguese, Grānthāms Royāl, Lātarolla, Negrettā, Nōire de Bārbentāne, Rockāway Green, Viōlet Sepōr , Viōlette Dā uphine . Iranian figs are always welcome.
DallasFigs
1358877623
Posted 1383165388
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when your co-workers start calling you Heisenfig.
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greg88
1359498953
Posted 1383166964
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When you try to buy the vacant land behind you to expand,,,,,,
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Tonycm
1314411773
Posted 1383193794
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When you talk about figs using a lot of abbreviations.....My cuttings from UCD of VDB and RDB growing in SWC have a bad case of FMV.
potatochips101
1352935436
Posted 1383205743
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You spend half of your free time reading up on different varieties and the rest of your free time trying to find someone to sell you one.
figs and dream about eating them next season.
figs are and wonder how many fig trees you passed by in your life that you missed getting a cutting from.
figs .
figs so much and they bring a little happiness in your corner of the world.
figs !
COGardener
1357441505
Posted 1383245461
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Your driving around NYC with coworkers, just happened to see a fig tree out the window. You point it out to your coworkers whom think you have lost your mind and don't give two shits about it. You then find yourself consumed by finding more fig trees.
dcfromsocal
1380428721
Posted 1383245839
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Great thread! figs . . .
elin
1360863025
Posted 1383246292
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What about bringing them in for the winter and caring for them at every second of the day (if we could that is).figs , fig leaves and fig roots, root rot being a nightmare.figs too.
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aphahn
1354927274
Posted 1383247749
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You have any fig trees that you refer to as "Unknown".
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cis4elk
1347840383
Posted 1383277605
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When your family refers to you as "fancy fig man".
needaclone
1346812939
Posted 1383281357
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When your children's friends refer to you as "fig man" and you reply "I'm just a fig man of your imagination." (Yes, it just happened to me a few hours ago.;-)
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twobrothersgarden
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Posted 1416377964
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I cant stop thinking about figs . I dream about figs . I think about figs all day. I look at the pictures of figs on here. Sometimes when I'm sad I watch fig videos. There is just something about fig trees that is so peaceful. I look at my trees everyday. I talk to people about figs and they look at me funny, but I cant help it. I drive around looking for fig trees and ask my neighbors about their fig trees. Sometimes I stay up late and eat strawberry jam and pretend I'm eating a black madeira.
Henry, Brawley, California, 9B http://www.youtube.com/user/thetwobrothersgarden/videos?view=0 http://www.ebay.com/usr/two-brothers-2013
nycfig
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Posted 1416453268
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Originally Posted by vito12831 figs " and you realize how much your gonna miss her. Vito
Facebook: NYCfigs Buying Fig Trees and Cuttings From the Internet
nycfig
1380768118
Posted 1416453330
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When you take a bin full of rooted cuttings on vacation with you!
Facebook: NYCfigs Buying Fig Trees and Cuttings From the Internet
schaplin
1392175246
Posted 1416453729
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I'm pass addict and going right to fig hoarder. Between the figs and the orchid being housed in my bedroom I no longer have a place for the furniture. Hopefully this will improve when the new greenhouse is up and running.
joann1536
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Posted 1416464487
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...when you take pictures of your little trees and cuttings -- daily.
GregMartin
1370378358
Posted 1416486115
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...when you tell yourself you can stop anytime while rooting dozens of new varieties with dozens more coming.
Ampersand
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GregMartin
1370378358
Posted 1416503848
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I just hear that that's a problem for others...I'm ok...keep sending them Kelby....I can stop anytime...
Elfarach
1409716614
Posted 1416506118
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... when you're trying to convince your wife to let you name your first daughter Violet de Bordeaux... She's not having it...
Frankallen
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When you can't raise the Bathroom window, to shoot a squirrel in your Fig Tree, because more Fig cuttings you are rooting, on the window sill, will fall off in the floor !
Frank from Bama - Zone 7-b Alabama ...................................................."Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever". Mahatma Gandhi
jc_figs
1416095240
Posted 1416527308
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when u tried to take over ur grandmas kitchen table with rooted cuttings and u go around the neighborhood looking for containers and pots for overwintering
Aaron4USA
1375832059
Posted 1416539345
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Elfarach
1409716614
Posted 1416544044
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How's it going Aaron... Yup, baby girl was confirmed not too long ago... My fig count for next summer just got smaller...
Aaron4USA
1375832059
Posted 1416551107
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You know why daddies call their baby girls Princesses , right?figs .
ChrisK
1415844271
Posted 1416567537
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lMAO!!!!
ChrisK
1415844271
Posted 1416567874
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And about a half an hour late for work, I rest my case
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Elfarach
1409716614
Posted 1416577257
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Ha, good pic Chris. I'm sure there are plenty of fridges look like that.
