This is our famous fig tree this year. It's bigger than it's ever been. It's full of figs. Or rocks posing as figs. They hard as concrete. Maybe the title of this post should be, "I don't get a fig."
Fig.
It took me about two hours yesterday to cut all the grass (and that included stopping to cut blackberry vines out of the hedge. They attacked me as I mowed close to them). Sure, there's edge work to be done with the smaller mower, but that's not urgent. Most of the yard is neatly cut. We're still expecting rain over night.
That riding mower has clearly already earned its keep. Do you know of a reason why those figs are rock-like?
ReplyDeleteBecause it isn't fig season yet... figs are fertilised by a very tiny wasp that crawls inside and in this part of France, the wasps aren't around and you need the wasps to get ripe figs... our figs are also like rocks at the moment.
DeleteBut, come mid August, the centre of the fig will begin to become soft and the opening in the fruit that welcomes the wasp will become inviting and pink against the green of the fig... and then the miracle occurs.... the outer skin begins to change colour and inside becomes lush and desirable [and the little wasp becomes part of the fruit!] When they are ripe, the fruit feels soft and comes away from the plant with a gentle lift.
Ours produced 6 kilos of figs last year in September.... when it should.
You need to be patient.....
That's great! (Well, except for the figs, of course ;)
ReplyDeleteIt isn't fig season in the Loire Valley yet.... that's September.
Deletemitch, I don't, but tim (below) does!
ReplyDeletetim, thanks for the info!
judy, :)