Gene! I'm so jealous. All the brebas on my Celestes were going bad and the one that looked ripe tasted awful, but yours is going to be sooo good! :)

noss

Go Gene! Hey are you treating the bagged limb of that tree?

I have figs on my 2 year JR trees. Better get your shrimp while the gettin's good.

Noss I hope you're so right. It really looks like it's going to be tasty. I check it again today and if it's not ready then tomorrow I'm sure it will be.

Hi Young, where you've been. I thought you had given up on figs and fishing and move in another direction. The two trees I got from JR both have figs on them, the Improved Celeste and the Hollier. That bag on the tree is just to hide it from the birds because if a bird got it, I'd go ballistic. I don't mind sharing the mulberries but not the figs.

As far as the shrimping goes, I've got an moderate supply in the freezer. I'm sure the oil spill will have some short term effect on all wildlife in the area but it isn't going to be the big deal that the media is playing it up to be. There's too much politics involved. Growing up in the marshes years past when oil was such a big part of the local economy, you and I both know the amount of oil and drilling by products that got dumped into the waters here long before it was an environmental issue. The greasy black line on your boat or the black stained waterline on the grass was just part of the scene. Nuff said. Good to hear from you again and good luck with your figs.
From the bayou,
"gene"

Hi Gene ,
let us know how your fig taste. Some of your warm weather is headed our way it will be flirting with 90 tomorrow and the next couple of days coming from the south its been said.
Martin

Real Nice Gene you are way ahead of me from what I can see please keep posting those pics
Sal

My friends the fig was fantastic, or at least my half was. I was up-potting some cuttings that were in cups when the Linda showed up. She watch me for a while then noticed the bag covering the fig an asked what was that. So we walked over to check it out. I unwrapped it and showed her the fig. It was starting to ooze so I knew I had to pick it. I just touched it and it fell in my hand. Without thinking of pictures, I split it in half and we both inhaled our piece. I savored it as long as possible, mashing it well with my tongue against my palette to get the full taste. Then I chew it a little to get the crunch of the seeds and finally I let it slip oh slow slowly down the hatch. The I ran my tongue all around my mouth looking for one more little bit of taste that might be lingering. Ah, it was delicious, perhaps not quite as figgy as main season figs but very good. Too bad it was only one, what a tease.

I was outside a little latter in the evening and I notice my LSU Gold fig pictured above was missing. I looked down and found it in the pot. I cut it in half to find out that it wasn't fully ripe. The center was well on its way to ripening but the eye end was still dry. I took a taste but it was not very good. It had a little fig flavor but no sweetness. Looking at it closely it saw, as you can see in the photo a small brown area right where the fig meet the branch. It encircles the stem and I wonder if that was the problem. The other one on the same tree doesn't have that brown ring.

Now I only have to wait for the season to begin. It will be much harder now that I've had a taste.
"gene"

Hi Gene,

You are too funny. But I share the same enthusiam when the first fig ripens and we have to make 3-5 pieces from the first fig depending how many people are home at that time!

I have just a boring Brown Turkey. RIght now a lot of figs but not a single ripe one! Read somewhere to put oil on them to ripen faster. I am going to try that this year. Last year did not have such a great crop. there were lots of figs the tree, but did not ripen at all and we had the cool weather come in quite early.. so keeping my fingers crossed for them to ripen!

Gene good for you!
The lady you mention Linda what did she think of the fig ?

Gene im sure glad the birds here dont bother my figs , they go to the fountain for there baths right next to my larger ones. The bird houses on the shed alo close by my figs are coming down after there babies get on there own as there messy and sometimes the eggs or the babies fall to the ground. I suppose we have dumb birds here as all these seasons i been growing never had one mess with my figs and hope it stays that way.
Martin

Gene, I can see you are well-versed in the fine art of extreme torture, describing your fig-eating experience with Linda! LOL! I nearly shorted out the keyboard, I was drooling so much and now I'm dehydrated!

Vivian