Figs4fun friends I have some bad news!
I have received throughout the years(and sent) many cuttings from members here and it saddens me to tell you all that my collection was destroyed!

Would you care to tell us what happened? Was it disease, weather......?

I was renting a 15 acre farm with a barn. It had a well and everything thing I needed. It was a friend's property that I helped ( money and time) remodel and clean up after it had been vandalized. 4 months in to living there he goes through a divorce and tells me I have 2 weeks to move out. I didn't agree so he had me evicted and in the county I lived in for non-payment ( gave cash was a friend ) they boot you out in 4 days. In the process of trying to move the house was ransacked ( most of that stuff was gone) but my barn had 2 generators and several tools etc..($5-8k) stolen and or destroyed in the process they drove vehicles through my garden containg all my fruit plants dragging behind what they could!

That is so sad. I hope you can get up and gardening soon.

Wow, I hope you posting this will spur others to always obtain documentation.

I am Sorry your "friend" was not really all that much of a friend. I have wellspringsgardens version of Texas everbearing and an Unk. Sheepshead   (likely a Red Sicilian , has an open eye) I would send for postage ( which aint cheap BTW cost me near 19 bucks to ship priority , just one tree, a week ago. )

OTOH, You may be better off with a small inground orchard at home, and just some southern climate adapted figs like Chicago hardy, JH adriatic, Malta Black...I would get them from Encanto or Vasily (Herman2). From 3-4 good trees you could be swimming in figs.

Yea all please cover your self! Sometimes the best of people can turn on you! I will happily pay postage! I appreciate it so much!!

I'm so sorry to hear you've had such bad luck. What a lousy 'friend'. You can recover from this and you will have figs again if you don't give up.

And they did this in the confines of the law?, is there no legal recourse?,do ou have somewhere to go?,i am so sorry to hear that this has happened,stuff like that shouldn't happen in this day and age,sounds like third world law-into-own-hands behaviour,nothing short of criminality meted out by the lowest degenerate form of human effluence,If I did not live on the other side of the world I would send you cuttings from what little I have.Maybe you should start a crowd funding site so people can help you get back on your feet?

That is awful. I very much hope that you are able to find a new place to start. I am not able to send you any figs but I do send you my best wishes.

I'm so sorry for you,
i hope you can soon get back the plants and things that you have lost.

It's heartbreaking, i don't know how i would react if it happened to me.

My best wishes for a better future.

Good luck.

I wanted to try and salvage what I could but as I'm sure you all can imagine I was not very happy and I tried two work something out with my ex-friend but he didn't care so I just had to let it all go. Thank you all for being concerned. I have since moved and now i am ready to start again! Thank you all so much for caring

Go fet cuttings. What is the worst that could happen. Sorry for your situation but yea go back.

If you want, PM me an address, and I can send you out a Chicago Hardy air layer in a week or so.  

Glad you're settled someplace new.  I can send you a small potted Texas Everbearing if you'd like.  PM also.

I want to thank everyone here so much for being willing to help me get my collection back up and going! I really enjoy being able to be a part of the figs for fun forum. It has been my pleasure these last few years and cannot wait to enjoy many many more and I hope I can return the favor to everyone that is doing me a favor

PM me your mailing info I can send you some cuttings of what I think is an italian white when the time is right for cuttings.

Sorry to hear about the mess you're so called friend caused.
Private message me your address, I will send you cuttings / plants when the time is right.
Vito

How heartbreaking! :'(  Glad you have found a new place.  
I'm just starting out myself, but I have an extra Kadota cutting that is potted up and has begun sprouting roots and leaves which you can have, if that would help. 

Thank you everyone! Anything that gets rooted and I have duplicates of will be redistributed here! Thank you all so much for making this situation better. I will make sure to do my part and do the same for all of you!! God bless

Glad to see the kindness in people here. This is what is wonderful about this forum. As I mentioned Before, I pray that some day you & your friend will make amends. In my book, a friendship is a lifetime commitment that is dearly coveted & never taken for granted.
God bless.

I spoke to a lawyer he said it would cost more than I would get back. When the thieves broke into the building they drove a vehicle though my garden and destroyed it only because it was in the way. I was going through my divorce at the time also amd My ex wasn't making things any easier for my son and I. I had to walk away to save my sanity! Could of, would of, should of

Received a beautiful figlet cutting from a member here! Thank you so much! Not mentioning any names so they don't get bombarded with requests! But thanks to all the generous members here. I am beginning to rebuild my collection!!!

Hey Jeff, sorry for your situation! I was curious why you haven't posted anything here for almost 3 years until the post when you lost your collection?