Monday, September 19, 2011
Figs!
Fresh figs! We've been eating fresh figs from our Hardy Chicago Fig tree for the past week or two. The cool weather of the recent days has meant many more have ripened all at once. It's done well in this climate, and the figs are delicious. Soon it will be time to pack it up for the winter - we bundle it with straw and store it in the greenhouse for the cold season.
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Does your fig tree drop its leaves during winter storage? Do you keep it completely covered? I'm overwintering mine for the first time and not sure what to do. Any advice would be appreciated.
ReplyDeleteWe got a whole bunch of figs this summer from our fig tree. Most of the figs were ready in July, but some have only ripened recently. I seem to be the only one in my family who really loves figs, but I'm okay with that!
ReplyDeleteWe absolutely love these figs and have only ever eaten them fresh - they don't last long enough to make it into jam. The squirrels around here also seem to like them quite a bit, and eat their share. As for winter storage, yes the leaves do drop off, and we then take the fig tree still in it's large garden pot into our passive solar greenhouse. We cover it with straw heavily, and it stays dormant until spring. We have also heard of people who lay their fig tree down sideways on the ground outdoors and bury it with straw for the winter - this also seems to do fine in our cold climate (zone 5-6).
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice. I may try putting it in my garage with straw. I hope to get fruit next year. Yum!
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