When I started work back in 1980, we called figs fig bushes, not fig trees. They invariably died back to the ground every other year or so, so they never grew very tall. Times have changed and we have fig trees all over Arkansas, with our northern counties still getting some die back with cold winters.
At least here in central Arkansas, this is a banner year for fig trees. They are absolutely loaded with figs.
I have so many that I can easily share some of the higher ones I can't easily reach with the birds. The other night I saw my fig on the deck swaying. Upon closer inspection I found a large possum trying to eat his fill.
We hosed him off.
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