Imagine my surprise when I came across this fig tree with lots of figs just about ready to eat. Can you spot the small one here?
There was a larger one further down on the tree. These are the type of fig that are still green in color when they are ripe. I think this one was about ready. I resisted temptation.
Many shops use landscaping that requires little water. You can barely make it out but there is a nice rusty looking piece that makes up the railing next to the stairs. Blends with the plants nicely.
Do you like figs? I do. I know lots of people cook with them, I usually just eat them as is.
I appreciate businesses that landscape with an eye towards decreasing water usage. That railing turns a utilitarian necessity into a piece of art. How nice!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy figs but rarely ever buy them or bake with them. Around here, they are an exotic!
ReplyDeleteI love fresh figs off the tree, but I find them too sticky and sweet when dried. Mostly they don't ripen here in England, sadly. The ones in the shops have been shipped thousands of miles in a chiller and don't taste the same. So they are a real treat in warm countries!
ReplyDeleteI have never seen a fig tree and therefore never tasted a fresh fruit. I have tasted dried dates ( too sweet ), but figs must be different. Both oh so exotic.
ReplyDeleteI love figs. But my tree just isn't flourising.
ReplyDeleteI adore figs, but don't think I have ever seen a fig tree. They are extremely expensive here, and occasionally I buy one or two, and carefully eat them, one half at a time. The rusty railing is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThe railing is very attractive! The only way I could plant a fig tree would be in a pot, I fear, so I could bring it in for the winter.
ReplyDeleteFigs!! They are difficult to grow here - you have to pamper them and keep them warm during the cold months. xo
ReplyDeleteI love that railing! I really enjoy seeing the surge in decorative metal working that's been going on for a few years.
ReplyDeleteDespite growing up next door to a fig tree that we were welcome to pick from, I have never eaten a fig. My mother did not like them, so I did not try them. Now I would like to try them, but I have never once seen them in the markets up here- down in so Cal, I'd see them in the produce department of regular stores! So I think I am doomed to never taste a fig.
I do like fresh figs, but don't often buy them because they are very pricey. I grew up enjoying the dried figs that we stuffed with a whole almond and ate on Thanksgiving. My husband enjoys the dried figs plain.
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