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Fig facts • Fig trees do well in the region. • Like most Mediterranean plantings, they thrive under dry, hot summer conditions and cool, wet winters. • They require little watering and minimal fertilization. • Harvest season usually runs from late August to late October. • Mature fig trees are cold hardy at 15 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Harsh, winter wind typically represents a 'greater threat to them than cold temperatures. • Opinions vary about whether they should be covered or wrapped with a tarp during the winter to protect them from wind. ure from just “watching people’s expressions” when they taste his figs. “It’s just great.” Roseann rolls her eyes. “1 keep telling him they taste like honey,” she says, needling him with a smile. “He knows he’s weird. That’s the good part, I guess.” He laughs, willing to concede the point. “I’m weird.” But he does not discount the possibility he will try a fig someday. ' “We have a pact,” says Roseann, frail but resolute “If I get better, if I lose my pain, he will eat a fig.” “That way I put the pressure on her,” he adds. E-mail the reporter: ddel rosso@timespapers
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