It's very cool to find a tree right in your neighborhood.  I haven't seen any here in my area, at least growing in the ground.  There are a lot of Italian families in the next borough over.  I did hear a story from a colleague about an older Italian man carting his trees outdoors earlier in the season.  I'm looking forward to going back to NYC to keep an eye out for their trees.

hehehe....I'll stop by the church.  Can you imagine the conversation?  Well, my fig tree was reading the boards with me last night, and um, there was this other fig that um....yeah, that would go over like a lead balloon!  :) 

I have to say I completely laughed out loud over here reading this thread.  I can honestly say that I detest earwigs. 

For my cuttings, I started them in the shade and have moved them slowly into the sun to get them used to the heat.  However, I do tend to water them every day, and they seem to be happy.  Our weather has been kind of weird, cloudy and cool, then high 90s, back to nice 80s for a week, then two days of hot 90s, then back to cool days.  The figgies are hanging in there, though.

Hi Maverick - It was a snap together blueberry container.  My husband did finally admit that the snapping section was a little loose.  So I'm hoping for better luck later this summer for my figs and next year for the apples.

I found the figtress.net site in a random search just yesterday and was wondering about it.  I may need to make a phone call, soon, now.  Keep us posted on when the trees show up!  :)

Thanks for the links!  Mike - I was looking at the pH Soil testers by Luster Leaf.  I think I'll pick one up. 

I've actually been having trouble finding lime.  I checked both Home Depot and Lowe's here.  I must be missing them.  I think I'll stop by one of the nurseries, as I'm sure they have some.

Hi all...first time poster... :)  On the topic of lime, what do you usually use to test the soil?  I've seen some soil testing kits on Amazon and also seen some references to a pH/moisture meter.  Any recommendations or can you direct me to a thread if this has already been discussed.  Thanks!