The fig might mite be a mitey bighter, a rite bliter, fite or flite, which mite be the rite way ite of this plite?
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Oh no the first two casualties of this heat 
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Ginger is absolutely delicious with almost anything - I make jams/compots:
Plum & Ginger
Apricot & Ginger
Apple & Ginger
Orange & Ginger
the ideas come depending on what fruit I get givenâŠ
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Oneâs accent is very Buck hice, VĂ©ro, hev you come far? 
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couille sometimes translated as ball, sometimes as penis. Seems like an unlikely sales pitch, the pink cross section makes me think of human reproduction biology lessons. I wouldnât dare say Popes private bits to anyone. I know he isnât as important as he used to be. That â9â⊠Is it your horticultural/successful plants, zoning? I think you could grow bananas in 9. Ice Cream Banana Musa acuminata balbisiana âBlue Javaâ , surely persimmons, paw-paws. Grapes do pretty well here.
Alas no, it is my mental age 
because I think a fig called Popeâs bollock is funny.
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Vero, Just saying popes bollocks makes me laugh too. With or without figs. But thereâs no emoji except a green heart, for instant response.
Perhaps this is drifting into seriously non PC.
I just read the posts about responses to TVs athletic girls. Popes bollocks could be equally unacceptable?
eeeek. Blokes not liking any derogatory refences to their naughty bits. Sorrreeee everybody. If so. Still laughing into my Ricoré.
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Iâm sure there is. Iâm careful about going too close to my fig tree, tiny things defend it and the fruit. The exact moment each fig is ripe, it is invaded and eaten, too, by something.
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Figs can be dangerous,
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Thatâs really interesting - cheers Chris.
Itâs my job to pick the figs in a local garden. Whilst Iâve never had a problem with the tree sap - I often have a challenge with the gueppes and frelons.
However, I shall take extra care from now on - forewarned is forearmed 
That hand looks really sore. Another thing to remember when the figs ripen.
Itâs not something Iâd ever heard of before. We had a fig tree here but they didnât taste very nice at all and anyway when they were ripe the starlings descended and munched the lot!
Oh what a shame. I pick loads every day and give them away to all and sundry.
One year I sat under the tree in the village square every day when school finished - and let the passing kids eat what they liked - but only up to 6 figs each. They loved munching their daily dose and I reckon it kept them regular 
The parents were pleased to accept bags of figs to use back home as and when. 
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Fig sap is or was a well-known rural southern wart-cure, so I suppose it isnât that surprising. Poor children.
One to watch out for in your garden is wild parsnip, it is a nondescript umbellifer but the juice is incredibly photosensitising and eg when mowing you can end up with enormous blisters which almost always go septic. Particularly awful for children.
âThey loved munching their daily dose and I reckon it kept them regularâŠâ @Stella
I bet their teachers and parents also showed you a âslightly smiling faceâ Stella, Gawd only knows what 6 figs did to enhance the regularity of those kiddiesâ entrails, but I bet lots of little hands were waved frantically during lessons, âMadame, sâil vous plaĂźt, je dois faire caca!â 
Itâs OK Peter - it was a max of 6 per child. Some had one or two⊠others wanted and chomped their way through more - but no more than 6 from me. They may well have eaten more at home.
Figs are part of daily diet here, with so many trees (different varietes) which offer ripe fruit over a period of months. Our digestions are ready, willing and able.
We also enjoy prunes 
and the kiwis through the winterâŠ
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The fig-eating saga has been going on for nearly 20 years - almost as long as this thread. 
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Peaches now. Astonished to find my weedy peach tree under the brambles, weighed down with at least two bucket fulls of peaches.
Not yet edible. I like saying⊠"figs, peaches, cherries, pears, quetsches, quinces, grapes, apples plums and different plums, mirabelles ". All really growing here, now, just not a lot. But, The grapes are amazing! I had two big bunches last year. This year, if they all get to be grape sized, Iâll start bottling Moulin des Vaux plonk.
We love figs actually so any recommendations for varieties to plant would be gratefully received.
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