Getting Figgy With It

Thoughts on a Favourite Fruit

Great excitement on Sugar Street this week when after two years our valiant little fig tree finally produced two plump black figs, adding to the lemons and pomegranates in the garden. Admittedly they were rather measly specimens but we were very proud of them. Then someone ate them before we could get a photo…

Figs have been a staple in cooking throughou…