In celebration of the first ripe fig from the garden, I made this fruit platter.
If you only knew how hard or how many times I’ve tried growing figs, you wouldn’t be so quick to think this is silliness.
This is fig tree number five. The first four? All croaked.
This one looks pretty pathetic as well. Has actually lost almost all of its leaves. But lo and behold, one ripe fig hung on.
Therefore, a celebration! With a fruit fiesta!
That, by the way, turned out to be the best way to get your non-fruit-loving husband and son to show interest in eating fruits.
All in all, not a bad idea.
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Favorite links from last week’s fiesta:
Mini Brownie Cookie Dough Layer Cake from Sarah @ Sarah’s Little Kitchen
Salted Caramel Banana Bread from Lily @ Little Sweet Baker
Chocolate Raspberry French Toast Casserole from Mara @ Put On Your Cake Pants
Hummus Pita Pizza from Brandie @ Home Cooking Memories
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Now, let’s party! Join Fiesta Friday #172 by adding your link. Don’t forget to link your post to FiestaFriday.net and the co-hosts’ blogs, so we can feature you. Your cohosts this week are Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook and Su @ Su’s Healthy Living
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Where do you live that you are getting ripe figs??
I’m in South Jersey area, near Philadelphia. But I think it was just a fluke. The fig tree did live inside my living room all throughout winter, lol.
Cool. I just bought a fig tree. It won’t produce this year, all the leaves dropped off (transit shock, I presume), but three leaflets have started as new growth. Mine will overwinter indoors, as well.
That platter looks absolutely gorgeous 🙂
Thanks!
What a beautiful little fig. To bad you killed it!! :)) I know time flies when we get older but wow I missed a whole week of Fiesta Friday #172. Your salad looks awesome except for the poor little fig! Happy FF!
Whaaatt?! I didn’t kill it. I fulfilled its dream to be the star of a fruit platter! And missing an entire week of FF?! Sorry to say Quinn, but you’re losing it, lol.
Check the email for the evidence of #173, since you just changed the title. Fig Killer!!!! LOL
No, no, no, I’m a Fig Nurturer! And what email? I don’t subscribe to my own blog, duh! ??
You should be a politician! Maybe a lobbyists for FUSSy! Fig United Survival Society!!!
Haha!
Hi Angie! Congrats on your fig!! I wish I had a garden to grow my own fruits and vegetables.
Btw, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t this fiesta #172??
Omg, yes, 172! Thanks!
I guess I’m losing it, too! Thanks for letting me know; it’s all fixed now. And you can grow a few things in pots, maybe? Herbs are easy to grow in pots!
I usually grow some basil in a small pot in the spring and summer. I’ve done cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, and zucchini but they take up too much space on my tiny balcony. I have to prioritize making space to hang laundry since we don’t have a dryer haha.
I feel your joy Angie!! I will celebrate the birth of fig with you! When my plants get sick, I feel sad.. when they die, I feel horrible! When my jasmine plant flowered and filled the house with it’s pleasant fragrance, I was overjoyed. So, yes, I feel you. You have good reason to celebrate!! Love all the features! Looking forward to co-hosting with my dear friend Jhuls and you and tasting all the goodies our friends bring in!
Thanks, Su! I knew someone over here would understand me ? Nobody at home does, of course. And thanks for cohosting! I hope this weekend I can have some free time to mingle with y’all! ?
That fruit salad looks gorgeous! You must be a very determined gardener to try to grow figs in New York, the climate over there is not exactly Mediterranean 🙂
I guess I’m a stubborn gardener ? My sister lives in California and you should see the way she treats, or should I say mistreats, figs! She also has olive trees! Some people have all the luck! ?
I guess it’s easy to take things for granted when they are so readily available. I am a very bad gardener, have little understanding of it but I am trying to get better and so far most of my herbs are doing ok this year:)
Hi Angie! Your fruit platter looks so good! Really inviting 😀 I’ll pray for that one fig in your tree 😉
I’m so flattered that I got to be on the features two weeks in a row 😀 thank you thank you thank you ^^ Happy Fiesta!
Thanks, Sarah! Two weeks in a row?! I didn’t even realize. That just proves how awesome you are and how much we love you ?
Your fruit salad is absolutely gorgeous!! Lucky you having fresh figs. Love them!! The features as always are drool worthy. Happy FF Angie and hope you have an awesome weekend.
Thanks! I love figs, too. And fresh ones are hard to come by. When I see them on sale, I usually hoard them ? Have a wonderful weekend, Suzanne. Hopefully the heat moves away from the area. Sticky today!
What a beautiful fruit platter! I’m in Central PA, wish I could grow figs!
Thanks! I bring mine indoors in the winter; that’s the only way I can grow figs ?
I have 2 fig trees in pots on the deck. In past years some animal gets to them just as they ripen. It is is disappointing as I love fresh figs. I’m hopeful they will fare better when moved to our second home, perhaps I can actually plant them in the ground. Anyway, gorgeous fruit platter! Happy Friday. It is almost summer, when do you start vacation?
I hear you! I have to fight off deer, groundhogs, rabbits, birds over here. Always something! But you’re lucky you can grow figs in the ground. It’s iffy to do that where I am, though I’ve heard of successes. Hope your figs will be happy in their second home?
I sympathize, in Fort Bragg there are deer, rabbits, and gophers. I won’t be planting too much until we can install a deer fence (and everything has to go into a gopher cage). The one thing I don’t have to worry about is the weather, it doesn’t often get below freezing.
Oh and our summer break starts mid June. Not too long now, yay!
Yah! I just took a walk with my best friend and her husband (5 grade teacher) is counting the days.
Now, that is a beautiful fruit platter, Angie! And congrats on the fig tree number four. I am late, but I am so ready to parteeeyyyy!!! ??
Fig number five, Jhuls! I’m happy I haven’t killed it. I’m becoming a Fig Nurturer, yay! Pls go tell Quinn! ? Thanks for cohosting! ??
Ahhh, the ‘four’ were the croaked ones. Very funny me!??♀️? Well, at least I didn’t say you killed it!? It’s my pleasure, Angie!?
That fruit platter looks AH-MAZING!!! Thanks so much for hosting! Linked back to your party on my site! 🙂
Thanks! Welcome to Fiesta Friday! ?
Thank you for hosting!!
My pleasure. Please mix and mingle, get to know the other participants by visiting their blogs. We’re an extremely friendly and welcoming bunch ?
Awesome!! Will do!!
Such beautiful fruit, and a perfect little fig ?
Thanks! I love my figgy ❤️
You have a fig tree! How cool!!! How many figs has the fig tree figged! Lol. Love your fruit platter, Angie!
Yah I know, I’m a cool figgy mom ? Figgy hasn’t figged all that much, but I still love her, or him. She/he can be whatever and I will support. I’m a cool mom, remember?! ? Thanks, Ann!
Hahahhahaha! you just gotta figgy with it. 😀
Gorgeous!!! No such luck on my fig tree just south of you. 🙁
Thanks! The tree has earned its keep! ?
Summer has definitely sprung in your back yard! We have a few green alpine strawberries and a lot of unripe damsons which we hope will be spared from the birds … We have a half term break next week which makes me feel all summery, but as we’re heading north we won’t be packing any bikinis. Nor sun cream.
It’s getting there, though it’s been cold and wet the last few days. Tell Mother Nature to make up her mind, please! Have fun on your trip! Maybe pack suncreen instead? I hear it’s a great prevention for wrinkles ?
hi Angie
What a brilliant fig! I have never had a fig tree. They are so plentiful here and I still didn’t manage to find a garden with a fig tree. One day! I love fruit platters, there aren’t enough of them around! 🙂 I hope your week is good! x
Thanks, Petra! If your weather permits you to grow it outdoors, I’d definitely recommend it. It’s such a sculptural tree, decorative even when not in fruit. It’s been a good week, but tiring coz I finally tilled the tomato bed ? It’s now ready for planting, yay!!
hello Angie
we just bought some tomato plants today! The greenhouse is filled with chilies so we had to scale back a bit on tomatoes.
Fig trees are beautiful and figs are so delicious! 🙂 Have a great rest of the week!
These recipes are unbelievably good! I will have to try each one of them!
You should! Then tell us how you like them ? Thanks for stopping by, Agness!