Originally Posted by
Jack Frederick
The photo shows our fig. It is about 50’ across in the shown dimension and drips down the slope about 20-30’. I pruned probably 1/4 of it out last winter. I suspect next year to be a bumper crop once it recovers from the shock. My wife makes fig newtons and they are fabulous. We are not big fig eaters and have a hard time giving them away. We have three doe and five fawns who work it and neighbors fig over pretty good. It is a nice tree to sit under on a summer days and it is the grandkids monkey bars.