http://www.italianfigtrees.com/blog italianfigtrees.com: our garden blog Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:38:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are going to be at the Flemington Farmers Market this coming Sunday, July 20th, 2008, from 9 until Noon. We are looking forward to meeting you there. http://www.italianfigtrees.com/blog/2008/07/18/selling-fig-trees-at-farmers-markets/ page 2 A local foodie magazine recently contacted us for photos & information on growing fig trees in our area, and the issue was just recently published...we're sharing a little bit of it here. You can contact the Garden Plate, or go to their website, if you're looking to get an ... http://www.italianfigtrees.com/blog/2007/04/07/from-the-garden-plate-april-may-2007/ Since it's fruiting season, this email from our files is especially relevant. Anyone who's ever seen ants happily crawling in and out of their ripening fruit knows how irritating this is. Albert writes: Dear Italian fig trees, Ants are attacking my figs as they ripen. What can I do? Any help will be ... http://www.italianfigtrees.com/blog/2006/07/20/email-question-keeping-ants-away-from-figs/ A recent email question, sent in by Lisa I WANTED TO KNOW WHEN IS THE BEST PLACE TO MOVE & PLANT A FIG TREE, FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, & THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT. THANK YOU LISA Hi Lisa: The only good time to move a fig tree is when it ... http://www.italianfigtrees.com/blog/2006/07/16/email-question-moving-a-planted-fig-tree/ Dad asked me to post that he's out of transportable stock for the Farmers' Market, so he's not going to be going there for the remainder of the season. This also means he'll be here on Saturday mornings, if you need to ask him questions or get a tree. http://www.italianfigtrees.com/blog/2006/07/16/farmers-market/ We got an email from Amy, who is looking for a recipe for cuccidadas, (or possibly cuchidahti, or cuddureddi, or even cucidati the spelling varies a lot.) Hi, Since you know a lot about Italian fig trees and such, I was curious if you knew of an Italian fig cookie recipe? ... http://www.italianfigtrees.com/blog/2006/07/16/cucidati/ From June 24th to September 2nd, I'll be at the Open Air Market in High Bridge with trees for sale. If you have any questions about what kind of trees we'll be selling, just give us a call: (908) 832-7770. If you need more information about the market, here's their website: ... http://www.italianfigtrees.com/blog/2006/06/17/high-bridge-open-air-market-saturdays-830-1230/ Because fig recipes are still pretty hard to find, I added some Amazon links to cookbooks to the site's menu (waaay down on the right side), and I'd like to recommend a couple of recipes from each book. A note on making preserves: Figs are often a bit bland and sweet, when ... http://www.italianfigtrees.com/blog/2006/06/06/recommended-recipes/ Our daughter heard an NPR story about the possible earliest known cultivated crops: figs! They were found in the ruins of an 11,400-year-old house, if you can imagine that. So, all you fig growers out there: we're in good company. Read the article on NPR's website here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5446137 http://www.italianfigtrees.com/blog/2006/06/02/interesting-article-on-npr-website/ We've imported our Flickr.com photo albums so you can see our photos without leaving...the added bonus for us is that we can see and display your comments from Flickr, right here, so WE don't have to leave the site! By the way, feel free to post your comments about the ... http://www.italianfigtrees.com/blog/2006/05/31/new-site-feature/