F is for First Fig

It was great to get the first edible fig off one of the heirloom trees we've grown from cuttings at Struan Farm. John and I walked over to the neighboring farm several years ago with permission from the landowner to take cuttings from their heirloom fig tree. It grows at the site of that farm's original early homestead.

The trees we've grown are survivors-- they're hardy stock, having been nibbled by sheep and moved several times. 

This lovely fig ended up in a salad of rocket/arugula, beets and warm haloumi, along with a few recently purchased from the Clevedon Farmers Market.