GROW YOUR OWN FIGS HERE: lazydogfarm.com 0:00 Intro 0:44 Why We've Resisted Shade Cloth in the Past 1:20 What Shade Cloth Supplies Do You Need? 2:44 Using Shade Cloth on Giant Pumpkins 5:45 Using Shade Cloth on Turmeric 8:17 Brooklyn White Figs 10:43 How to Make Delicious Fig Jelly!
I would love to grow figs here...don't know if you have a variety that would do well?! I am in Amarillo, TX zone 7a, extreme heat in summer and extreme cold in winter🙄
@@aveyacres The heat won't bother them. But I'd recommend covering younger trees when you get into the low teens. You can also plant them in larger pots and bring them in a garage or indoors during cold spells. White Marseilles is one of our more cold-tolerant varieties.
@@aveyacres Not true. Almost all the fig trees sold in the States are common figs, which don't require pollination. Here's a blog on our website that explains it all: lazydogfarm.com/blogs/growing-figs/do-figs-need-pollination
Your shade cloth set up is amazingly simple and inexpensive. I will be using your ideas to set up a shade cloth for my tomatoes. Great video, great ideas! Thanks
I’ve never tasted Figs before. I grew up in Arizona, I don’t remember Figs being talked about. I would love to try it. My husband and I watch all your videos.
Zone 6b. Figs can damage building foundations. Some keep them in containers and prune the roots regularly. In the ground, keep them 35 plus feet away from house foundations. My Chicago Hardy comes back every year... however, I only get figs in the fall. I only got the early spring fig once. I also grow Celeste fig variety.
I have started using shade cloth up here in Ontario, Canada. We were getting some hot and humid days and my cucs were showing signs of being stressed out. I lost last years cucs and tomatoes to the heat. Not this year. I have it over my cucs, Roma tomatoes, and peas. It definitely brings the temperature down. This is the first year trying it. I use the 40%. The Milennial Gardner has a great video on shade cloth. I watch both of you and learn a lot.
The one thing I find interesting about southern speech is the creativity. 😆 Never heard the phrase about the rats but it just sounds like a southern expression (I’m from the south).
I would love to try the fig jelly! I have one struggling tree my dog chewed up and is finally doing better. It was a tree my dad gave my brother many years ago but my brother didn’t like figs so he placed it by the creek behind his house. After both my dad and brother passing, it was sentimental for me to save this fig tree which we were able to dig up and pot it up until my dog decided to make it a chew toy. It’s doing better now but you can imagine how heartbroken I was when I saw a few branches all over the place. Not sure what kind of fig tree it is but I’m excited for it to give fruit…hoping maybe next year?! 🙏🏻
Thanks, that was super helpful! Other videos about shade cloth don't mention how to set it up other than just draping it on poles but your method looks more wind-proof.
Snap-clamps to connect to PVC works very well as it dramatically increases the contact area, which reduces ripping.. Just zip tie some PVC to your t-posts. I have shade cloth over my entire 32’ x 32’ plot on top of 6" x 6" posts at each corner at about 8’ high, do I can get under it. I only have it up in the summer, but the posts and cables are up all year round.
I would love fig jelly!!! I have never tried jelly , I fact the only fig I e ever eaten was as a fig newton cookie which is my favorite cookie!😊 now after watching this I want to go grow some fig trees!!! Thank you for the opportunity to win some jelly but most of all thank you for your program and your knowledge that you share, I have learned so much from you this summer!
I do the nature version. I grow climbing beans on the cattle panel trellises. If I time it right, I have a sense foliage cover. Last year tomatoes under it, this year summer cabbage. I get about 50% shade and a good 8-10 degree difference. The maters held on for the whole season last year. This year no shade on the maters and they are totally cooked! Side note, tomatoes love carrots - I left 6 carrots in the ground to go to seed. (Lord knows they would taste terrible) but…the hornworm caterpillars went to the carrots and the hover flies love it. So oddly enough it worked - as sacrificial carrots.
We had a very large family and fig jelly was a special thing when I grew up. If we happened to have any in the house, it was for adults only. To this day, I have not even attempted to try it. The things that stick from childhood! 😂
The nice thing about shade cloth, if you have it set higher, when you need to pull weeds or do any work, you can do it in the shade. It makes a big difference. Then you don't need to mess with the shade cloth at all once it's in place.
A suggestion based on experience. High winds (storm) is going to tear those off with only 4 attachment points. I would suggest putting several shade cloth clips along the long side and running either para-cord or heavy duty string through them attaching at each t-post. Even though the shade cloth has holes, the power of the wind will sail them badly.
I live in Northeast Arkansas and have never eating a fig or even seen a fig tree. Make jelly’s every year but have never tried fig jelly either. Would love to try one out!! Been watch since day one and as always enjoy your content and family Travis. JC
Travis- we live in Arizona and I have never tried fig jelly or even a fig. We do have to put shade cloth on our plants otherwise they melt even in the white mountains of northern AZ.
I am from Upper Michigan so when I seen you were selling figs I ran and checked to see if I could grow them here. NOPE can't. I have never even had a fig. I love watching you enjoy the figs. One day maybe I can get a high tunnel or something like that to grow some figs. But not in the near future for me that is for sure LOL.
I have never had fig jelly. I did purchase two Chicago Hardy fig trees from a local nursery but they have not produced any yet for me to try. I use 30% shade cloth here in S. Florida for my peppers and tomatoes, they seem to produce much better with a bit of shade. I like the idea of using the t-posts to support the cloth and am going to switch my shade cloth over to that rather than the flimsy posts I bought from an online garden supply store.
I live up in Iowa. I have never had a fresh fig. Or any type of fig for that matter. Thought I had a dried one wrapped in bacon but that was a date. Lol. Figs always remind me of the 80’s INXS video (The One Thing) where the girl is eating a fig at the dinner party. I was a teen in the 80’s so I watched MTV a lot.
I'm in Kansas zone 6a. I have really thought about trying to grow a fig tree, but I have never eaten a fresh fig. Would love to try your jelly! I live on 5 acres with an orchard of apple, peach, apricot, pear, cherry & plum trees.
Hey, no hope for figs up here in Idaho! So we’d love it. I was commenting on the shade cloth from before. My prediction is that you’ll love that so much that you’ll be using 30x30 pieces over the pumpkins, and then they will thrive. They do last a long time if they don’t get to flying in the wind and get punctured by the T-posts!
Oh My.....you are a Man for all Seasons. You are a Grower AND a Cook. What a Guy !!! Love your channel. Learn alot from you. From Dallas, Texas I have one Turkey Fig plant that is very young and not productive yet. Carolyn Stewart
Bummer, I just saw your video about the fig jelly giveaway. I just purchased Olympian and VDB plants in April of 2024. Looking forward to next year for some figs. That Brooklyn White might be what need here in west Texas. Mr. May lives south of town and his figs freeze off most winters.
Hello, lazy dog farm! I am in Central Missouri and have never tasted a fig nor jelly or preserves made from figs! I would love to give it a try! And it made me excited to hear about the Brooklynn white variety that would maybe grow here in Central Missouri. So if I like it, I may have to try to find some of those things!
Hello Travis we been using the Dewitt cloth for about 3 years in our garden we take it up at the end of season and sore in a plastic 55 gallon drum so far so good we hope to get some more seasons out of it, and your fig jams look delicious I wish I could tell you I haven’t never ate figs but I be not telling the truth 😂 anyway thanks for the video God Bless
Wow that jelly looks Beautiful! Bet its delicious! Great job! Going to get some of that shade cloth! Thanks so much! Tired of my bell peppers cooking on the plants! I love fresh figs! You might could change my mind on fig jelly! Would love to try! Love your videos! Keep inspiring! We selling lots of produce this year! Thanks so much! Have a Blessed day!
Travis my Honey and I have never tried fig jelly, we make several different varieties of jelly for our market customers, but have never thought of doing figs. We would love to try yours and see what we have been missing, love watching your videos!
I've got one Black Mission tree that I planted last year. It's really slow to grow compared to other varieties, but I'm looking forward to trying them one of these days.
Oooowee!!! My husband almost fell over when heard you offer fig jelly. He made me promise to come on and try to win a taste. 🤣 Now in all fairness and honesty HE had figs when he was a child. His granny, long since gone to a better place, had a fig in her garden in Nashville, TN., where he grew up. I myself have NEVER had a fig in my life. He hasn’t had any since being a very young child. We live in New Holland, PA. Figs, as you can imagine, don’t grow well here in our below zero winters. I did however order him a Celeste fig from Stark Brothers this spring, and we are trying to grow it in a pot. According to Stark Bros, it’s a good northern variety. God willing and the fig don’t die, 😅 we will taste one in a few years unlesssssssss, our dear friends with them sweet little boys and precious baby girl over at LDF wanna send us a little sample of fig jelly. We’ll keep our fingers crossed and toast toasted just in case we get lucky!! LOL No matter what we appreciate all you share and truly enjoy the videos. God bless~Lisa
Oh boy you're the man! Thank you for this video. I needed something to cover my raised beds to help with the heat. This is a terrific idea and I can handle it by myself and at 61 I need something not so strenuous.
I have never tried a fig and have been watching your videos for quite some time and I just got on to get one of your Brooklyn White fig trees because I live here in Pennsylvania and would love to try to grow one. But they are all sold out. But I definitely will be watching for when you get more in stock so I can order one.
Hi 👋. Northern Michigan here. I've never ever had a fresh fig. Never. Two years ago I bought a small bag of figs from the gas station. Obviously not fresh. What had actually caught my attention with the fig tree? Scripture honestly. When the Son approached the fig tree but there were no figs. Figs must have at some point been a main part of our diet. Thank you for sharing!!
Thank you so much for posting this! I bought 4 shade cloths that are 40% and I know they would be so useful but didn’t know how to hang them. I’m going to buy the items you mentioned.
I got into gardening 2 yrs ago and never even knew what a fig was but everybody on CZcams talks about how good they are so I bought me some bare root figs trees this spring but it’ll probably take at least 2 yrs before I get to taste my first fig.
FIG JELLY?! Yes please! I’m a born & raised southern girl and have never tried a fig 😢 I think I may need figs in my life. The way you describe them, they sound delicious! 😋
I have never tasted figs at all, other than fig newtons. They were okay, but not fantastic. My husband has had a fresh fig once in elementary school, erhur, uh, some years ago. Lol. His teacher brought them for her students and he never forgot how delicious it was. He has often said that he would like to try and grow one and now that I know y’all sell them, I will surprise him with one!
Hey Trav! I love in Northern WI and can honestly say I’ve never had a fig! I’d love to try your fig jam!! I’m a 1st time gardener, and if I like your jam, I may just get me a fig tree 😊
We would love to try the fig jelly. We've never tasted any before. We used shade cloth to keep the afternoon sun off of our zucchini plants in 5-gallon buckets. They liked it much better. It also gave us an extended growing season for our lettuce in raised beds.
Hello, I have never tried Fig jelly, I live in West Texas and would like to grow my own, I grow a lot of food, but have never grown Figs, that Jelly looks tasty.
I live in northern Michigan. Except for the past couple years we are normally a zone 4, now more so zone 5. So I'm going to try planting Chicago fig next year. But a fig Newton is the closest to a fresh fig I've had.
My mom made strawberry fig jelly one summer when I was about 10 from my grandpas fig tree. That memory has stuck with me. Swimming and PB&J sammiches 😋
I'm watching your video on Brooklyn White figs. I've never had a fig and would like to try your jelly. I'm from a family of gardener's, but I'm new to this myself. I've been considering fruit trees but don't have any experience. Fig trees look like an easier way to get started. I appreciate you for your way of growing, it's a huge help to me to get your perspective on comparison of different types of crops and their growing characteristics.
All of my garden has overhead vertical and horizontal support. My space is small so I go overhead with everything I can. A 60x40 shade cloth covers everything to the ground. Nothing grows right here in Charleston by June 1 without shade and protection. I try to finish everything by then but the shade cloth keeps out pickleworm moths and squash vine borers as well as everything else. I hand pollinate melons and squash and grow parthenocarpic cukes. I have abused my cloth and its 3 years old and fine. Glad you are giving this a go. It changed my gardening quite a bit. I have my turmeric under some crape myrtles otherwise they scorch.
We would love a jar! We've never had fresh figs here (Ohio), only store bought. We were thinking about buying a brown turkey and an LSU and keeping them in pots and bringing them in the basement for the winters.
Hello I would love to try the fig jelly. Lol😂 I've never seen a fresh fig and I've only tasted figs only in the Fig Newtons cookies😂😂 and I love those. 😋
I think it looks really good. I had to search but getting some of the bungy clips you are using (genius idea) much better than what I do. They do work only used on tomatoes and peppers helps with sunscald. Sun is too hot this year on the coast
61 years old. Lived in Minnesota all my life and I've never had a fig. Would love to try your jelly. I garden and can foods. 2 years ago I canned my first jelly. It was wild American Plum jelly. Wasn't my favorite as my Mom wanted me to make it with cinnamon because she had that as a child. I'm sure I would have preferred it's natural flavor but did it for Mom. Some family members still really liked it. Thanks for the opportunity and thanks for your channel. Even though I'm way north of you I still learn things from you and that's what it's all about. Laus Deo!!!!!!!
I have never tried fig jam. I would love to try your fig jam. My husband is a Hugh fan and has got a lot of his gardening tips from you. He planted some fig trees but we don’t have any figs yet.
I have three figs tree's but for some reason they just won't produce figs, we have fertilized they and sprayed them due to white fly's and spider mites, they now have rust on them. We even bought the green lace wings hope to cure the problem, releasing two batches totaling around 10,000, Never saw anything happen even on the tomatoes. Never was able to eat any of the figs except the ones in Publix.
I have never tried figs until this year. I have never tried fig jelly. I bought a brown turkey fig from a local nursery and that was my first fig tree. I loved it. I would live to try your fig jelly.🥰
I have several rolls of white shade cloth, I think it's 30%. I used to use it to shade my raspberries as they ripened. I got tired of fighting the raspberry diseases so I removed all but one vine. I have used it to help germinate my Fall crops I plant in August and September.
I so want to grow figs as I love them. I am moving and that is what I plan to plant once we are settled. I have never had a fresh fig off a tree just the dried stuff store bought. Would love a chance to try some fig jelly. Thanks for giving me a chance to win some!! Love your channel and the shade cloth idea is fantastic.
I had an idea to use 4x4 at about 8’tall from ground lining the bed sides maybe one every 8 feet ..use the same cable used for sun sail shade that you can’t get pretty tight with less slack…get a simple grommet kit and thread the wire through the gromet holes you make in the shade cloth…and slide the shade cloth like a shower curtain horizontal to the ground.
Thankyou Travis, your timing on this video is perfect. I’ve literally been researching about shade cloth the last couple of days. I think Things like tomatoes, peppers and cukes would do much better here in the south with some protection. Your setup is great. Most of my tomatoes are done for the year but the Bella Rosas are still good for a while yet. And for some reason the Goliath tomatoes are doing great, no blight yet, they may last till September. I’m looking forward to see how your experiment continues as time goes on. Bye the way, Jelly is made from juice. Jam and preserves are made from fruit. We make jam from peaches, berries and figs each year. I’m sure some of your followers from places where figs don’t grow will love your JAM.
My wife and I live in Southern Maryland and, at some point we will be purchasing a few fig trees from you guys. we have been educating ourselves by watching your videos on the various types and flavor profiles you offer. It would be awesome to taste what one of those flavors is like in your homemade jelly. Also, on a little side note. We enjoy watching all your videos on gardening. It has inspired us to start our own backyard gardening adventures. Thanks for all the tips, and keep up the good work!
Never tried the cloth, 🤯 this time of the year my rhubarb starts to stress, I've used gunny sacks. Enjoy your channel 👍 I learned a lot about figs, I've never tried figs, eating or planting.
I have never eaten figs I only came across them on your channel, same as dragon fruit I only came across that on CZcams I’ve never even knew all these existed 😅
Hi Travis…I would love to try that yummy fig jelly. I’m from D.C. The first time I saw a fig tree was during a visit as a kid to South Carolina. I never tasted it because I was so indoctrinated with city food that I past on the opportunity. I now live in Virginia and would hope to grow a fig tree of my own. By the way, great job of the fig trees and I love your channel!!
Never had a fig and I'm originally from Tx. My brother-in-law is growing one but just put it in the ground last year. Would love to try one of your jellies! Thnx, Fren
I've never had a fig before, your jelly looks really yummy. I live in Ohio, zone 6a, I'm glad I found your channel. I've learned a lot from you. I have a nice size garden this year, 18 tomato plants, more peppers than I can count and oh my gosh, you should see my acorn squash! Thank you for the chance to win some jelly!
Wife and I never had a fig! I started cuttings from different varieties (some LSU) last fall and half of them have figs. 13 trees in all. Would love some of that jelly!
Those fig jellies look yummy. I’m from the south and purchased my first 2 fig trees last year. I have them growing in containers but they still haven’t produced figs. I’m patiently waiting to try a fresh fig.
GROW YOUR OWN FIGS HERE: lazydogfarm.com
0:00 Intro
0:44 Why We've Resisted Shade Cloth in the Past
1:20 What Shade Cloth Supplies Do You Need?
2:44 Using Shade Cloth on Giant Pumpkins
5:45 Using Shade Cloth on Turmeric
8:17 Brooklyn White Figs
10:43 How to Make Delicious Fig Jelly!
I would love to grow figs here...don't know if you have a variety that would do well?!
I am in Amarillo, TX zone 7a, extreme heat in summer and extreme cold in winter🙄
@@aveyacres The heat won't bother them. But I'd recommend covering younger trees when you get into the low teens. You can also plant them in larger pots and bring them in a garage or indoors during cold spells. White Marseilles is one of our more cold-tolerant varieties.
I have heard you have to have more than one fig tree to have fruit.. is this true?
@@aveyacres Not true. Almost all the fig trees sold in the States are common figs, which don't require pollination. Here's a blog on our website that explains it all: lazydogfarm.com/blogs/growing-figs/do-figs-need-pollination
Travis, shade cloth increased my garden production at least50%!
Your shade cloth set up is amazingly simple and inexpensive. I will be using your ideas to set up a shade cloth for my tomatoes. Great video, great ideas! Thanks
"Albinny" that's the sign of a true southern local lol. Glad to have you brother!
I’ve never tasted Figs before. I grew up in Arizona, I don’t remember Figs being talked about. I would love to try it. My husband and I watch all your videos.
Zone 6b. Figs can damage building foundations. Some keep them in containers and prune the roots regularly. In the ground, keep them 35 plus feet away from house foundations. My Chicago Hardy comes back every year... however, I only get figs in the fall. I only got the early spring fig once. I also grow Celeste fig variety.
I have started using shade cloth up here in Ontario, Canada. We were getting some hot and humid days and my cucs were showing signs of being stressed out. I lost last years cucs and tomatoes to the heat. Not this year. I have it over my cucs, Roma tomatoes, and peas. It definitely brings the temperature down. This is the first year trying it. I use the 40%. The Milennial Gardner has a great video on shade cloth.
I watch both of you and learn a lot.
MG is how come I starting using it, shade cloth. It made sense for my climate
The one thing I find interesting about southern speech is the creativity. 😆 Never heard the phrase about the rats but it just sounds like a southern expression (I’m from the south).
I would love to try the fig jelly! I have one struggling tree my dog chewed up and is finally doing better. It was a tree my dad gave my brother many years ago but my brother didn’t like figs so he placed it by the creek behind his house. After both my dad and brother passing, it was sentimental for me to save this fig tree which we were able to dig up and pot it up until my dog decided to make it a chew toy. It’s doing better now but you can imagine how heartbroken I was when I saw a few branches all over the place. Not sure what kind of fig tree it is but I’m excited for it to give fruit…hoping maybe next year?! 🙏🏻
Thanks, that was super helpful! Other videos about shade cloth don't mention how to set it up other than just draping it on poles but your method looks more wind-proof.
Your cloths look fine😊
Snap-clamps to connect to PVC works very well as it dramatically increases the contact area, which reduces ripping.. Just zip tie some PVC to your t-posts. I have shade cloth over my entire 32’ x 32’ plot on top of 6" x 6" posts at each corner at about 8’ high, do I can get under it. I only have it up in the summer, but the posts and cables are up all year round.
I would love fig jelly!!! I have never tried jelly , I fact the only fig I e ever eaten was as a fig newton cookie which is my favorite cookie!😊 now after watching this I want to go grow some fig trees!!! Thank you for the opportunity to win some jelly but most of all thank you for your program and your knowledge that you share, I have learned so much from you this summer!
Do what!!!!!!! I laughed so hard when I heard you say how hot it was. Never heard that one before
I do the nature version. I grow climbing beans on the cattle panel trellises. If I time it right, I have a sense foliage cover. Last year tomatoes under it, this year summer cabbage. I get about 50% shade and a good 8-10 degree difference. The maters held on for the whole season last year. This year no shade on the maters and they are totally cooked!
Side note, tomatoes love carrots - I left 6 carrots in the ground to go to seed. (Lord knows they would taste terrible) but…the hornworm caterpillars went to the carrots and the hover flies love it. So oddly enough it worked - as sacrificial carrots.
I think so. People grow them in the New England states, so you should be good in Oklahoma.
We had a very large family and fig jelly was a special thing when I grew up. If we happened to have any in the house, it was for adults only. To this day, I have not even attempted to try it. The things that stick from childhood! 😂
The nice thing about shade cloth, if you have it set higher, when you need to pull weeds or do any work, you can do it in the shade. It makes a big difference. Then you don't need to mess with the shade cloth at all once it's in place.
I just bought two 10X20 pieces of 40% shade cloth for my garden. Plan to get them hung over the tomatoes this weekend.
I WOULD LOVE TO TRY FIG JELLY AS I HAVE NEVER HAD FIGS OR FIG JELLY.
A suggestion based on experience. High winds (storm) is going to tear those off with only 4 attachment points. I would suggest putting several shade cloth clips along the long side and running either para-cord or heavy duty string through them attaching at each t-post. Even though the shade cloth has holes, the power of the wind will sail them badly.
I live in Northeast Arkansas and have never eating a fig or even seen a fig tree. Make jelly’s every year but have never tried fig jelly either. Would love to try one out!!
Been watch since day one and as always enjoy your content and family Travis.
JC
Travis- we live in Arizona and I have never tried fig jelly or even a fig. We do have to put shade cloth on our plants otherwise they melt even in the white mountains of northern AZ.
I am from Upper Michigan so when I seen you were selling figs I ran and checked to see if I could grow them here. NOPE can't. I have never even had a fig. I love watching you enjoy the figs. One day maybe I can get a high tunnel or something like that to grow some figs. But not in the near future for me that is for sure LOL.
I have never had fig jelly. I did purchase two Chicago Hardy fig trees from a local nursery but they have not produced any yet for me to try. I use 30% shade cloth here in S. Florida for my peppers and tomatoes, they seem to produce much better with a bit of shade. I like the idea of using the t-posts to support the cloth and am going to switch my shade cloth over to that rather than the flimsy posts I bought from an online garden supply store.
I live up in Iowa. I have never had a fresh fig. Or any type of fig for that matter. Thought I had a dried one wrapped in bacon but that was a date. Lol. Figs always remind me of the 80’s INXS video (The One Thing) where the girl is eating a fig at the dinner party. I was a teen in the 80’s so I watched MTV a lot.
Excellent historical context! Send your shipping address to support@lazydogfarm.com and we'll get a jar sent to you.
I'm in Kansas zone 6a. I have really thought about trying to grow a fig tree, but I have never eaten a fresh fig. Would love to try your jelly! I live on 5 acres with an orchard of apple, peach, apricot, pear, cherry & plum trees.
Hey, no hope for figs up here in Idaho! So we’d love it. I was commenting on the shade cloth from before. My prediction is that you’ll love that so much that you’ll be using 30x30 pieces over the pumpkins, and then they will thrive. They do last a long time if they don’t get to flying in the wind and get punctured by the T-posts!
Oh My.....you are a Man for all Seasons. You are a Grower AND a Cook. What a Guy !!! Love your channel. Learn alot from you. From Dallas, Texas I have one Turkey Fig plant that is very young and not productive yet. Carolyn Stewart
Bummer, I just saw your video about the fig jelly giveaway. I just purchased Olympian and VDB plants in April of 2024. Looking forward to next year for some figs. That Brooklyn White might be what need here in west Texas. Mr. May lives south of town and his figs freeze off most winters.
In Tennessee we put shade cloth on hoop houses to start fall transplants.
John S.
Hello, lazy dog farm! I am in Central Missouri and have never tasted a fig nor jelly or preserves made from figs! I would love to give it a try! And it made me excited to hear about the Brooklynn white variety that would maybe grow here in Central Missouri. So if I like it, I may have to try to find some of those things!
Hello Travis we been using the Dewitt cloth for about 3 years in our garden we take it up at the end of season and sore in a plastic 55 gallon drum so far so good we hope to get some more seasons out of it, and your fig jams look delicious I wish I could tell you I haven’t never ate figs but I be not telling the truth 😂 anyway thanks for the video God Bless
Travis, the only fig I’ve ever eaten was a Fig Newton cookie 😂. That jelly looks mighty tasty! Appreciate the chance to try your jelly!
Thank you so much for explaining shade cloth. I'm with you, don't like strawberry in my fig jelly either.
I've never had a fig or the jelly. I'd like to try it.
Wow that jelly looks Beautiful! Bet its delicious! Great job! Going to get some of that shade cloth! Thanks so much! Tired of my bell peppers cooking on the plants! I love fresh figs! You might could change my mind on fig jelly! Would love to try! Love your videos! Keep inspiring! We selling lots of produce this year! Thanks so much! Have a Blessed day!
Travis my Honey and I have never tried fig jelly, we make several different varieties of jelly for our market customers, but have never thought of doing figs. We would love to try yours and see what we have been missing, love watching your videos!
Grow some black mission figs... Travis I guarantee you, you will love them.. and so will the birds that visit your property
I've got one Black Mission tree that I planted last year. It's really slow to grow compared to other varieties, but I'm looking forward to trying them one of these days.
@@LazyDogFarm hotter than a crackpipe on payday
Oooowee!!! My husband almost fell over when heard you offer fig jelly. He made me promise to come on and try to win a taste. 🤣 Now in all fairness and honesty HE had figs when he was a child. His granny, long since gone to a better place, had a fig in her garden in Nashville, TN., where he grew up. I myself have NEVER had a fig in my life. He hasn’t had any since being a very young child. We live in New Holland, PA. Figs, as you can imagine, don’t grow well here in our below zero winters. I did however order him a Celeste fig from Stark Brothers this spring, and we are trying to grow it in a pot. According to Stark Bros, it’s a good northern variety. God willing and the fig don’t die, 😅 we will taste one in a few years unlesssssssss, our dear friends with them sweet little boys and precious baby girl over at LDF wanna send us a little sample of fig jelly. We’ll keep our fingers crossed and toast toasted just in case we get lucky!! LOL No matter what we appreciate all you share and truly enjoy the videos. God bless~Lisa
Oh boy you're the man! Thank you for this video. I needed something to cover my raised beds to help with the heat. This is a terrific idea and I can handle it by myself and at 61 I need something not so strenuous.
I have never tried a fig and have been watching your videos for quite some time and I just got on to get one of your Brooklyn White fig trees because I live here in Pennsylvania and would love to try to grow one. But they are all sold out. But I definitely will be watching for when you get more in stock so I can order one.
Love me some figs...love me some fig jelly ❤❤
Great idea for set up ! I'ma give it a try in SC ! Thanks 👍
Hi 👋. Northern Michigan here. I've never ever had a fresh fig. Never. Two years ago I bought a small bag of figs from the gas station. Obviously not fresh. What had actually caught my attention with the fig tree? Scripture honestly. When the Son approached the fig tree but there were no figs. Figs must have at some point been a main part of our diet. Thank you for sharing!!
Figs originated around that area, so I'm sure they were a huge staple of the diet back then.
I bought your trees but they are not producing yet but can’t wait to try a fig..love your channel
Would love to try some fig jelly. I've never had fresh figs of any kind or fig jelly. Only fig bars from the grocery store.
Thank you so much for posting this! I bought 4 shade cloths that are 40% and I know they would be so useful but didn’t know how to hang them. I’m going to buy the items you mentioned.
I got into gardening 2 yrs ago and never even knew what a fig was but everybody on CZcams talks about how good they are so I bought me some bare root figs trees this spring but it’ll probably take at least 2 yrs before I get to taste my first fig.
FIG JELLY?! Yes please! I’m a born & raised southern girl and have never tried a fig 😢 I think I may need figs in my life. The way you describe them, they sound delicious! 😋
Your pumpkins are huge!
I would like any of the fig jelly
Looks good to me.
I use EMT conduit, bungies, and T posts from a box store and Maker Pipe connectors to make support for the shade cloth
thanks for that! I couldn't find connectors for metal posts (EMT conduit) anywhere!
Would love to add fresh Fig jelly to our meat and cheese (or charcuterie if you’re feeling fancy) board up here in Wisconsin!
I love it. Thank you for showing such a simple way to shade our veges.
I have never tasted figs at all, other than fig newtons. They were okay, but not fantastic. My husband has had a fresh fig once in elementary school, erhur, uh, some years ago. Lol. His teacher brought them for her students and he never forgot how delicious it was. He has often said that he would like to try and grow one and now that I know y’all sell them, I will surprise him with one!
Hey Trav! I love in Northern WI and can honestly say I’ve never had a fig! I’d love to try your fig jam!! I’m a 1st time gardener, and if I like your jam, I may just get me a fig tree 😊
send me some of that delicious jelly, I've never tried it before
We would love to try the fig jelly. We've never tasted any before.
We used shade cloth to keep the afternoon sun off of our zucchini plants in 5-gallon buckets. They liked it much better. It also gave us an extended growing season for our lettuce in raised beds.
Hello, I have never tried Fig jelly, I live in West Texas and would like to grow my own, I grow a lot of food, but have never grown Figs, that Jelly looks tasty.
I bet that fig jelly taste great with sharp cheddar! I would love to try it!
It does! Also is great with some whipped cream cheese on a cracker.
I live in northern Michigan. Except for the past couple years we are normally a zone 4, now more so zone 5. So I'm going to try planting Chicago fig next year. But a fig Newton is the closest to a fresh fig I've had.
That’s so sweet of you! Hope a a person that’s never had a fig or a different tasting fig will get one of these jars!
My mom made strawberry fig jelly one summer when I was about 10 from my grandpas fig tree. That memory has stuck with me. Swimming and PB&J sammiches 😋
The strawberry did overpower the fig somewhat, so you are right you don’t get the full impact of the fig adding strawberries
I'm watching your video on Brooklyn White figs. I've never had a fig and would like to try your jelly. I'm from a family of gardener's, but I'm new to this myself. I've been considering fruit trees but don't have any experience. Fig trees look like an easier way to get started. I appreciate you for your way of growing, it's a huge help to me to get your perspective on comparison of different types of crops and their growing characteristics.
I have never had fig jelly. Sounds wonderful.
All of my garden has overhead vertical and horizontal support. My space is small so I go overhead with everything I can. A 60x40 shade cloth covers everything to the ground. Nothing grows right here in Charleston by June 1 without shade and protection. I try to finish everything by then but the shade cloth keeps out pickleworm moths and squash vine borers as well as everything else. I hand pollinate melons and squash and grow parthenocarpic cukes. I have abused my cloth and its 3 years old and fine. Glad you are giving this a go. It changed my gardening quite a bit. I have my turmeric under some crape myrtles otherwise they scorch.
We would love a jar! We've never had fresh figs here (Ohio), only store bought. We were thinking about buying a brown turkey and an LSU and keeping them in pots and bringing them in the basement for the winters.
Shade Cloth all good...👍
Hello I would love to try the fig jelly. Lol😂 I've never seen a fresh fig and I've only tasted figs only in the Fig Newtons cookies😂😂 and I love those. 😋
I think it looks really good. I had to search but getting some of the bungy clips you are using (genius idea) much better than what I do. They do work only used on tomatoes and peppers helps with sunscald. Sun is too hot this year on the coast
Love using the shade cloth been using it all summer here in Alabama and I think it makes a big difference
Never tasted a good fig, you make them look delicious. I plant to order a few trees when you say it’s best to plant.
I have never had fresh figs. I'm a Michigander and would love to try them😊you make them look so yummy 😋
looks good
61 years old. Lived in Minnesota all my life and I've never had a fig. Would love to try your jelly. I garden and can foods. 2 years ago I canned my first jelly. It was wild American Plum jelly. Wasn't my favorite as my Mom wanted me to make it with cinnamon because she had that as a child. I'm sure I would have preferred it's natural flavor but did it for Mom. Some family members still really liked it. Thanks for the opportunity and thanks for your channel. Even though I'm way north of you I still learn things from you and that's what it's all about.
Laus Deo!!!!!!!
Only fig I’ve ever eaten is a fig newton. Lol
I would like to try this jelly for sure.
Amazing how I live in S. Fla and never had fig jelly…..
Trav, I bought two of your fig trees, I can’t wait to get some fruit! First time growing and eating figs. Yes I’d love a jelly
That jelly looks amazing! I hope I get enough next year for jelly. This year, I’ll just eat them. Only my second year.
Blessings!
I have never tried fig jam. I would love to try your fig jam. My husband is a Hugh fan and has got a lot of his gardening tips from you. He planted some fig trees but we don’t have any figs yet.
I have three figs tree's but for some reason they just won't produce figs, we have fertilized they and sprayed them due to white fly's and spider mites, they now have rust on them. We even bought the green lace wings hope to cure the problem, releasing two batches totaling around 10,000, Never saw anything happen even on the tomatoes. Never was able to eat any of the figs except the ones in Publix.
I have never tried figs until this year. I have never tried fig jelly. I bought a brown turkey fig from a local nursery and that was my first fig tree. I loved it. I would live to try your fig jelly.🥰
Never had any fig jelly!!
Love figs, raw and in jelly! I’m adding shade cloth to my garden today. I live in South Louisiana, in NEED to get some LSU fig trees.
I’ve never had fig jelly, tried a fresh fig this summer. They all look tasty.
I have several rolls of white shade cloth, I think it's 30%. I used to use it to shade my raspberries as they ripened. I got tired of fighting the raspberry diseases so I removed all but one vine. I have used it to help germinate my Fall crops I plant in August and September.
I so want to grow figs as I love them. I am moving and that is what I plan to plant once we are settled. I have never had a fresh fig off a tree just the dried stuff store bought. Would love a chance to try some fig jelly. Thanks for giving me a chance to win some!! Love your channel and the shade cloth idea is fantastic.
I had an idea to use 4x4 at about 8’tall from ground lining the bed sides maybe one every 8 feet ..use the same cable used for sun sail shade that you can’t get pretty tight with less slack…get a simple grommet kit and thread the wire through the gromet holes you make in the shade cloth…and slide the shade cloth like a shower curtain horizontal to the ground.
I would love to try! I’ve only ever had store bought fig bars… have no clue what they actually taste like!
Thankyou Travis, your timing on this video is perfect. I’ve literally been researching about shade cloth the last couple of days. I think Things like tomatoes, peppers and cukes would do much better here in the south with some protection. Your setup is great. Most of my tomatoes are done for the year but the Bella Rosas are still good for a while yet. And for some reason the Goliath tomatoes are doing great, no blight yet, they may last till September. I’m looking forward to see how your experiment continues as time goes on. Bye the way, Jelly is made from juice. Jam and preserves are made from fruit. We make jam from peaches, berries and figs each year. I’m sure some of your followers from places where figs don’t grow will love your JAM.
My wife and I live in Southern Maryland and, at some point we will be purchasing a few fig trees from you guys. we have been educating ourselves by watching your videos on the various types and flavor profiles you offer. It would be awesome to taste what one of those flavors is like in your homemade jelly.
Also, on a little side note. We enjoy watching all your videos on gardening. It has inspired us to start our own backyard gardening adventures. Thanks for all the tips, and keep up the good work!
Hi John, I grew up on Cobb Island. We live in SC now. Where are you?
@@anncox4445 we live in Bushwood. Just below clements / Leonardtown.
My dad was born in Bushwood 🙂 Herman Simms.
@@anncox4445 awesome!
How do you like SC?
We love it. We are retired and enjoy the layed back life. It gets hot, but it doesn't snow!
Never tried the cloth, 🤯 this time of the year my rhubarb starts to stress, I've used gunny sacks. Enjoy your channel 👍 I learned a lot about figs, I've never tried figs, eating or planting.
I have never eaten figs I only came across them on your channel, same as dragon fruit I only came across that on CZcams I’ve never even knew all these existed 😅
Hi Travis…I would love to try that yummy fig jelly. I’m from D.C. The first time I saw a fig tree was during a visit as a kid to South Carolina. I never tasted it because I was so indoctrinated with city food that I past on the opportunity. I now live in Virginia and would hope to grow a fig tree of my own. By the way, great job of the fig trees and I love your channel!!
Never had a fig and I'm originally from Tx. My brother-in-law is growing one but just put it in the ground last year. Would love to try one of your jellies!
Thnx, Fren
I've never had a fig before, your jelly looks really yummy. I live in Ohio, zone 6a, I'm glad I found your channel. I've learned a lot from you. I have a nice size garden this year, 18 tomato plants, more peppers than I can count and oh my gosh, you should see my acorn squash! Thank you for the chance to win some jelly!
Well done 👍 🌱
Would love ro try figs. I live in Northeast Ohio and can't grow them here. Thank you for all the information you put in your videos.
Wife and I never had a fig! I started cuttings from different varieties (some LSU) last fall and half of them have figs. 13 trees in all. Would love some of that jelly!
Great information... I think I might try it next year
Those fig jellies look yummy. I’m from the south and purchased my first 2 fig trees last year. I have them growing in containers but they still haven’t produced figs. I’m patiently waiting to try a fresh fig.