Comments on: My figs are ready to be plucked and enjoyed http://www.themarthablog.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html It's a blog about Martha Stewart and her daily adventures. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:25:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dating http://www.themarthablog.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html/comment-page-2#comment-41775 dating Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:54:17 +0000 http://www.marthablogspot.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html#comment-41775 can U grow them- unbelievable Ive been thing U can grow them just in warm places can U grow them- unbelievable
Ive been thing U can grow them just in warm places

]]> By: Linda Mahoney http://www.themarthablog.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html/comment-page-2#comment-34461 Linda Mahoney Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:05:52 +0000 http://www.marthablogspot.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html#comment-34461 I enjoyed your pictures of the figs. I am making plans for my container garden for spring. I live in an apartment in Mississippi and I would like your suggestions for plants that work well on my balcony (faces the sunrise; sun for 3-4 hours) and my patio (square bricked; sun in afternoon for 2 - 3 hours). I heard that fig tree would be a good choice. I enjoyed your pictures of the figs. I am making plans for my container garden for spring. I live in an apartment in Mississippi and I would like your suggestions for plants that work well on my balcony (faces the sunrise; sun for 3-4 hours) and my patio (square bricked; sun in afternoon for 2 - 3 hours). I heard that fig tree would be a good choice.

]]> By: Wandering Mist http://www.themarthablog.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html/comment-page-2#comment-25565 Wandering Mist Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:16:45 +0000 http://www.marthablogspot.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html#comment-25565 Figs! They make me go down the memory lane. From climbing the fig tree to eating them right off.. they are natures best bet. Nutritionally excellent, tasting delicious and exotic looks - there can be so many ways in which figs can be used in cooking and decorating. That pix makes me pine. Enjoy your figs. I intend to grow them too. Will follow your info on gardening to do this :) Figs! They make me go down the memory lane. From climbing the fig tree to eating them right off.. they are natures best bet.

Nutritionally excellent, tasting delicious and exotic looks - there can be so many ways in which figs can be used in cooking and decorating. That pix makes me pine. Enjoy your figs. I intend to grow them too. Will follow your info on gardening to do this :)

]]> By: louise http://www.themarthablog.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html/comment-page-2#comment-25554 louise Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:26:20 +0000 http://www.marthablogspot.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html#comment-25554 Martha, my Father, who is from Italy, has fig trees. We live in Ossining, and every year he bends the tree down with the help of my husband and brother, and he covers them with bags of leaves. The trees are big, and it is very hard work to do, but this is how he protects the trees. Martha, my Father, who is from Italy, has fig trees. We live in Ossining, and every year he bends the tree down with the help of my husband and brother, and he covers them with bags of leaves. The trees are big, and it is very hard work to do, but this is how he protects the trees.

]]> By: Tom at TallCloverFarm http://www.themarthablog.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html/comment-page-2#comment-22381 Tom at TallCloverFarm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:02:45 +0000 http://www.marthablogspot.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html#comment-22381 Hi Martha, I just harvested (a generous word for such a small crop) my Violetta figs. Earlier I posted one of my favorite things to do with figs, stuff them with goat cheese,wrap in bacon and broil. I posted the 'recipe' with assembly photos on my blog; here's the link: http://tallcloverfarm.com/?p=133 Cheers! Tom Hi Martha, I just harvested (a generous word for such a small crop) my Violetta figs. Earlier I posted one of my favorite things to do with figs, stuff them with goat cheese,wrap in bacon and broil. I posted the 'recipe' with assembly photos on my blog; here's the link: http://tallcloverfarm.com/?p=133
Cheers! Tom

]]> By: Chrztne http://www.themarthablog.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html/comment-page-2#comment-22029 Chrztne Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:55:38 +0000 http://www.marthablogspot.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html#comment-22029 Figs are so Great! I am looking for a recipe for homemade Fig Newtons. I read somewhere that figs contain an anti-cancer element that is really good for women. Bird Tip... to tame a pet parrot introduce him to figs & you'll have a friend for sure. Thanks for all the growing tips. Your FiGFrIeNd Figs are so Great! I am looking for a recipe for homemade Fig Newtons. I read somewhere that figs contain an anti-cancer element that is really good for women. Bird Tip... to tame a pet parrot introduce him to figs & you'll have a friend for sure. Thanks for all the growing tips. Your FiGFrIeNd

]]> By: Linda http://www.themarthablog.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html/comment-page-2#comment-21284 Linda Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:47:28 +0000 http://www.marthablogspot.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html#comment-21284 Cat is just too cute. Martha, Thank you for sharing of your self and all your lovely things. You give so much of your time so that others can learn and enjoy things that might not have other wise been known about. Would love it if you would start a craft magazine of just crafts. I know a lot is on your shows and web site but a magazine would be great. Thank you for all that you do. Linda Cat is just too cute.
Martha,
Thank you for sharing of your self and all your lovely things. You give so much of your time so that others can learn and enjoy things that might not have other wise been known about.

Would love it if you would start a craft magazine of just crafts. I know a lot is on your shows and web site but a magazine would be great.

Thank you for all that you do.
Linda

]]> By: Marilyn http://www.themarthablog.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html/comment-page-2#comment-21126 Marilyn Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:34:17 +0000 http://www.marthablogspot.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html#comment-21126 Hello Martha, Growing up in Southern California, we had an abundance of fruit bearing trees. We had apricot and peach trees in our backyard. My grandparents were immigrants from Italy, so visiting their home was like going to a farmers market! All fruits and vegetables were from their yard, including grapes that we ate as we sat under the trellis at the table waiting for dinner. With all of this, my favorite memory was actually going next door to the sweet elderly man's beautiful fig trees and picking and eating figs to our heart's content. He would yell over the fence, "kids, come get some of these figs!" There were just too many for him to know what to do with. As I grew into adulthood and married a man from Mississippi, I was once again lucky enough to come into "fig bliss" when my husband's Granny would send us her home canned fig jam. Ohhhh, to die for! She also would shell and halve a good 1 or 2 pound bag of pecans from her tree. I now live in Colorado and miss the abundance of fresh produce so much. Whole Foods gets the figs in November. They are SO expensive and are usually on their LAST day of freshness, or even past that. We used to pick them up off the dirt in the yard! Boy I sure appreciate these memories now. Hello Martha,

Growing up in Southern California, we had an abundance of fruit bearing trees. We had apricot and peach trees in our backyard. My grandparents were immigrants from Italy, so visiting their home was like going to a farmers market! All fruits and vegetables were from their yard, including grapes that we ate as we sat under the trellis at the table waiting for dinner. With all of this, my favorite memory was actually going next door to the sweet elderly man's beautiful fig trees and picking and eating figs to our heart's content. He would yell over the fence, "kids, come get some of these figs!" There were just too many for him to know what to do with.
As I grew into adulthood and married a man from Mississippi, I was once again lucky enough to come into "fig bliss" when my husband's Granny would send us her home canned fig jam. Ohhhh, to die for! She also would shell and halve a good 1 or 2 pound bag of pecans from her tree.
I now live in Colorado and miss the abundance of fresh produce so much.
Whole Foods gets the figs in November. They are SO expensive and are usually on their LAST day of freshness, or even past that.
We used to pick them up off the dirt in the yard!
Boy I sure appreciate these memories now.

]]> By: Ami Johns http://www.themarthablog.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html/comment-page-2#comment-21032 Ami Johns Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:04:01 +0000 http://www.marthablogspot.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html#comment-21032 I'd love to try the recipe for Double Duck Breasts with Baked Figs however, it doesn't say cloves on the ingredients but calls for it in the process. Please clarify. Love figs! I have 2 trees and I make upside down fig cakes, preserves, pies, etc. I've learned so much from your show. Thanks! I'd love to try the recipe for Double Duck Breasts with Baked Figs however, it doesn't say cloves on the ingredients but calls for it in the process. Please clarify.
Love figs! I have 2 trees and I make upside down fig cakes, preserves, pies, etc.
I've learned so much from your show. Thanks!

]]> By: Nita http://www.themarthablog.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html/comment-page-2#comment-20978 Nita Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:17:05 +0000 http://www.marthablogspot.com/2008/08/my-figs-are-ready-to-be-plucked-and-enjoyed.html#comment-20978 I love figs and I was raised with my gramdmother and great-aunt's trees in Lousiana. I loved picking them then and now. The smell amongst the tree brings back great memories. My aunt would put fig preserves on the stove for me when she knew our family was enroute for our vacation. I have a tree in my backyard that I planted from a cutting of a 100 year old tree originally planted in a local city. The figs are huge, for a fig, and resemble the ones in your picture. They ripen to a light brown and then a really dark brown with a pink to dark pink center. It bears fruit here in Texas from April to December. I get sometimes as many as 40 or 50 a day for several months. Then it stops and starts all over again. No one can tell me what kind of fig tree it is. Can you help by the description or would you actually need to see it? Thanks, Love the show. Nita in Texas I love figs and I was raised with my gramdmother and great-aunt's trees in Lousiana. I loved picking them then and now. The smell amongst the tree brings back great memories. My aunt would put fig preserves on the stove for me when she knew our family was enroute for our vacation. I have a tree in my backyard that I planted from a cutting of a 100 year old tree originally planted in a local city. The figs are huge, for a fig, and resemble the ones in your picture. They ripen to a light brown and then a really dark brown with a pink to dark pink center. It bears fruit here in Texas from April to December. I get sometimes as many as 40 or 50 a day for several months. Then it stops and starts all over again. No one can tell me what kind of fig tree it is. Can you help by the description or would you actually need to see it?
Thanks, Love the show.
Nita in Texas

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