I'd say you're doing great! Sounds like everything but maybe the fig has survived well. And if you're forgetting to water anything, winter, during dormancy, is the best time to forget it. Your trees will need quite a bit of water for their first year getting established, but you will be able to cut back some. My suggestions would be as follows - take your hose, put it on veeerrrryyy low, place it near the edge of your tree's leaves (well, below them on the ground) and let it run for a few hours. This does a few things a) the water won't run off and be wasted b) you can be sure that the water will actually sink down into the ground *very important* because you want your roots out of that top, hot layer of dirt. Mulch. Mulch. Mulch, and repeat. For the exact same reasons as you want the roots going down low, and if you use organic material, it also improves the fertility of your soil and softens it too, lessening the need for fertilizers and making them more available to the plant when you do use them by altering some of the pH. Hope you find this helpful, good luck!

This spring I'm trying a selection of the early tomatoes that are promoted as cool-tolerant with the ability to set fruit at lower temperatures. (I haven't found anybody making those claims for peppers, though. LOL) The varieties I have growing outside now are listed below, along with and my notes on why I selected them. The ones that do well, I will grow again, most likely in my fall garden. I have been growing the Bloody Butcher the longest, and it set its first fruit in early December and a #@!$%# ground squirrel just made off with the biggest tomato today. grrrr Jan Glacier Originally from Sweden. Very early (45-55 dtm), very cold tolerant, high yielding tomato. This special strain begins flowering when only 4 inches high. Expect high yields of 2-3 oz fruit, excellent for salads and slicing. The sweet, rich taste is similar to that found in larger, later season tomatoes. Potato-leaf foliage. Siberian Fruits grow to 3-5oz and are borne in clusters. The juicy fruits have a delicious flavor roundly considered one of the best of the early types. Unlike most tomatoes this variety sets fruits in cool weather, even at just a few degrees above freezing! Determinate. 55-58 days. Silvery Fir Tree Known for its carrot-like foliage with a slight silver tinge. Plants are short and bear heavy crops of medium sized flattish tomatoes with a good flavor. Along with its attractive foliage, this variety is also popular for short or late season tomato growers as it produces in just 58 days. Determinate. Stupice A native of Czechoslovakia, where its extreme earliness, tolerance to cold, superior flavor and high yields have earned it worldwide attention. Tests show an astounding average of 87 fruits picked per plant. Fruits are sugary sweet, weighing 1 to 2 oz. Cold hardy tomato bearing 3-6 oz. fruits in large clusters. Plants are potato-leaved and can grow to a few feet. This variety bears particularly well in short-seasons or cooler areas. Fruits are good-sized and have a great flavor. Originally from Czechoslovakia. 55 days. SubArctic Plenty Allegedly developed in the 1940's by the U.S. Military to provide fresh tomatoes to their troops in Greenland. If your weather turns cold after you set out plants, try this variety. Sets hundreds of small, 1 to 2", red fruits with that tart, "real tomato" flavor. Hardier than virtually any other variety we offer. Extremely early maturity. No need to stake. Bloody Butcher A small 3-4 oz cluster tomato. Fruit are deep red in color and have a nice tomato flavor. Production is really good, but where this open-pollinated tomato really shines is its earliness. It ripens in only about 60 days, making it ripen about the same time as Early Girl, but this tomato is much tastier. Northern Exposure Hybrid 8 oz. fruits are borne on ompact, semi-determinate plants which are bred specifically for cool, short season areas. Ready to pick 67 days from setting plants outside. Determinate Sophie's Choicean extra early tomato - highly productive, flavorful and large-fruited. Unlike other extra-early varieties, the fruits are flavorful and large, averaging 6 to 8 ounces and weighing up to 12 ounces. Produces large fruit on a small plant only 18 to 24" tall. Quality is best in cool climates.

I can't id it for certain without any further evidence such as leaves but can I please beg you not to eat unknown fruit? It is far too small to be a Damson. It could be a Sloe if you have that in your region. But it could be the fruit of Prunus laurocerasus, Cherry Laurel, in which case it is poisonous. However, that is shiny and has no bloom so you're probably not going to die this time. I would suggest a stroll around the neighourhood looking for the bush/tree. It can't be that far away since the fruit is in good condition.