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We’re running out of trees!

IFT — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:06:37 +0000

Hi friends,

We have 10 trees left! This is the earliest we’ve gotten this low in stock: please give us a call, to see if we have what you’re looking for…we’d hate for you to waste a trip.

Thanks!

Some new fig pictures for 2010

IFT — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:32:19 +0000

We’ve got some of our older trees currently ripening figs that they put on very early, in winter storage, or before dormancy, and they’re just now starting to ripen. We thought we’d share some of the photos with our friends & customers, and hope you enjoy them!

First, the Marseilles, which we picked this morning, so it had a bit of the morning chill to it:

Marseilles fig, ripening

Marseilles, ripe fig harvested

Ripe Marseilles fig, split to show coloration

And now the Melanzana! Picked yesterday evening, while it was still warm from the sun.

Ripening Melanzana figs

This particular Melanzana fig is huge!

Melanzana fig, split to show coloration

Well, we hope you enjoyed the photos!

Happy Mother’s Day from italianfigtrees.com!

IFT — Sun, 09 May 2010 21:24:10 +0000

This was a really busy week for us, and we know it’s because of all the moms out there who got one of our fig trees for Mother’s Day. We always love it when people choose to give our trees as gifts, because they’ll keep giving to the recipient every year. What could be more thoughtful than that?
Anyway, to all of our customers: thank you for buying your trees from us, and we hope that everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day. And to every mom who’s no longer with us, we’re remembering you today.

May update

IFT — Sun, 02 May 2010 21:27:45 +0000

Hello, customers & friends of Italian fig trees everywhere!

It’s May, and we’re selling trees very quickly this year, so please call us to check our stock, if you’re interested in a particular variety. We know it’s a long trip for many of you, and want to make your visit as smooth as possible. Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the reader poll: we’re going to be compiling information & pictures for a little while, and will be publishing our article on fig tree varieties very soon. If you’re interested in guiding the article itself, we opened another poll, to help us focus on the content you want to read about most. (Our hunch is that people want to know most what each fig tastes like & which trees have the most figs, but we’ll let you tell us.)

Thanks!

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Update for 2010 Selling Season

IFT — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:04:18 +0000

The bad news: we won’t be able to do the farmers markets this year.
The good news: we’re putting out more trees every day, so give us a call!

Poll Update #2

IFT — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:03:59 +0000

Well, the reader poll will close on the 24th, and as of today, varieties is still leading as the preferred category. When the first poll closes, we’ll be posting a second poll to find out what our readers care most about, regarding fig varieties (i.e., hardiness, taste, appearance, harvest time, etc.), so please feel free to respond to that poll next week.

Of course, there’s still a chance that another category may emerge as the winner, but the results so far match up pretty closely with the questions we get from customers we interact with, so this wasn’t a total surprise to us.

Thanks to everyone who’s responded so far: you help make this a better site for all the site visitors, and we appreciate it!

Update on the italianfigtrees.com reader poll

IFT — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:18:09 +0000

We’ve had a small amount of activity on the site’s poll so far, and as of right now, information about the different varieties is in the lead! When we get a good number of responses, we’ll be providing articles which discuss the topic with the most interest. So, if you feel strongly about it, please feel free to go ahead and vote.
Thanks!

Gearing up for the season & Happy Easter

IFT — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:56:41 +0000

Small Grouping: Fig Trees For Sale

To all our friends who celebrate Easter, we wish you a Happy Easter. And a Happy Passover, to all of our friends celebrating Passover. We hope you’re having a wonderful weekend, either way. Here, it’s well into the 70′s, with lots of sun. We’ve got tons of work to do to get ready for the selling season, but we’re just so happy that the rain has finally stopped that we really don’t care.

While the trees are just starting to be brought out from their winter home, we’re very happy to take your calls & email about fig trees. The best time for calling is 9AM to 7PM EST, 7 days a week, and you can email us anytime: we try to respond to all emails in a couple of days, but always within a week. Just click on the “Contact” link in the menu to send us an email.

Quick reader poll

IFT — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:07:24 +0000

We’d like to know what you, our readers, would like to see, in terms of additional content on the site. If you’re interested, please feel free to take our poll about possible upcoming articles & tips. Thanks!

Wrapping Trees for Winter

FiG — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:05:39 +0000

With winter just around the corner, it seemed like a good time to bring back a look at how we’ve wrapped fig trees for winter.
(If you still have questions, please send Al an email, or give us a call.)

Step 1: Tree cut back, ready for wrapping. NOTE: the support poles in the corners of the bed remain year-round, so that the roots weren’t damaged by adding supports later.

Step 1 for wrapping trees for winter.

Step 2: We cover that with a layer of old foam insulation, topped with an old flannel bedsheet.

Wrapping tree for winter, step 2

Step 3:Wooden top laid over, to prevent accumulation of moisture or sagging.

Wrapping tree, step 3

Step 4: Old carpeting wrapped around the tree’s various layers, to provide extra protection. Old carpeting is great stuff.

Wrapping tree, step 4

Step 5:Plastic is the final layer, to keep moisture out. This should only be done on top of the insulation layer, so moisture isn’t trapped inside the tree wrapper.

Step 5: finishing with a plastic cover

Questions? Give us a call. Happy Autumn!