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<\/a><\/p>\nThe tree I planted in my yard 30 years ago is having a productive season.<\/p>\n
A big ripe one is ready to pick, while new ones form.<\/p>\n I picked a bowl 2 days ago.<\/p>\n They’re best eaten soon after harvest. I love them raw or cooked stuffed in a baked chicken.<\/p>\n In August of 2015 I attended Ocracoke’s celebration of the Second Annual Fig Festival. Ocracoke is gifted with a wide variety of fig trees and islanders have nurtured them for generations. The festival ran for 2 days and featured presentations, entertainment and most of all, figs and fig related goodies.<\/p>\n A main event took place in the Community Square<\/p>\n Vendors were there with homemade preserves and potted plants.<\/p>\n Locally made fig cake was a delectable favorite, not to mention samples of freshly picked figs.<\/p>\n In 2015 I met Della Gaskill and bought some of her homemade preserves and a signed copy of her book, A Blessed Life, Growing Up on Ocracoke<\/em><\/strong>. To her right, son Monroe shared fig stories with Phillip Howard.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n