There is a fig tree where I live. To be honest, it looks more like a bush because it is actually 3 or 4 trees that are clumped. According to the owners of the property, no one has ever harvested the figs because they go by so quickly.
That last part is very true. I picked [...]

This year the fig tree was very productive. I harvested as fast as I could but often was in a race - let them stay on the tree long enough to ripen and get sweet but not so long as to give the ants, birds, insects, etc. too much of a head start. I estimated [...]

Last year the figs started to ripen around late August. This year they are a bit early and the weather is not cooperating.  I thought my biggest worries for the figs was “the race”. “The race” is between me, the birds, and the bugs.  We all seem to know just when the figs are [...]

This year has been tough for fig harvest and storage. For, the weather has been cool and relatively wet. This is causing the figs to ripen more slowly and as I’ve noted before, figs swell up and burst their skin when they have excess water. Thus, they are slow to reach the picking stage. Since [...]

OK, I can take the ants and the beetles, and the butterflies all taking a shot at the figs on the tree. I can manage to get to enough rips ones without disturbing those creatures. BUT, the latest villains to descend on the fig tree are a bit out of my league. I did [...]