Thread: It's fig picking time

Originally Posted by canebreaker

Frozen or canned.

They will be preserves. Never tried frozen, how does that work?

I gotta get out and see if I can find some figs to pick. I love 'em raw off the bush as well as preserves.Thumbs Up

Originally Posted by tritonman

i have made 17 pints so far but my tree is really just getting going good. Heaviest picking so far should be on Wednesday I think.

I think we will get one more pot of preserves, don't know how many pints that will be but I'm sure Carol can tell. Have to fight the birds and ants for them. I had to move the 2 trees 3-4 times before I put them on the south side of the house and a storage building to get them to live thru the winter. Going to have to cut them back pretty good this year, getting too big for where they are at. When I was pretty young I had a great-aunt that had the biggest fig tree I have ever seen, I know the main limbs were 5-6-7 feet in diameter or more, too big for the cold to hurt, this was in east central GA. Wish I had a pix. She would always invite us kids over with our BB guns and to help ourselves to her figs.

My trees are still young and u put 2 more in the ground this year��

Originally Posted by SteveJ

They will be preserves. Never tried frozen, how does that work?

Got my hands full right now to make preserves. So freeze them and make it later.

Not Carol's way, she's a get it over and done with. Got 12 pints and more to pick and can.

Never tasted them. Compare them to something.

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I had the time to can 16, 1/2 pints of figs last year. I slice them, not whole like yours. But not yet this year, put it on the back burner for now.
Finished up with a load of butterbeans last night. Picked, shelled, prepped and into freezer.
Picked 2 buckets of peas this morning, taking breaks while shelling them. Got 5 buckets of tomatoes to can today too. Got to spend some time with grandkids today since I was busy this weekend. Apples are ready for picking and canning. Looking for peaches and field corn.

"Never tasted them. Compare them to something."
Great home made jelly.