Commenters share expanding fruit-growing ranges across northern Europe
2 Sep 22 9:30 AM · 1d ago · 72 comments · 1 source · development 2 of 2
Dozens of replies describe growing figs, almonds, and other Mediterranean fruits in Britain, the Netherlands, and Germany—often for the first time or in unexpected abundance—with several attributing success to warmer summers.
“every year it gives kilos of wonderful figs twice yearly. And they say climate change is bad”
akkusb.eurosky.socialsturdyalex.bsky.social British rooftop gardener
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Excuse the grubby nails, but obviously I have been gardening.
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Years ago someone brought us a little fig tree as a gift, saying it was of the decorative kind and wouldn't give fruit. And living in the Netherlands I couldn't have expected what happened after: every year it gives kilos of wonderful figs twice yearly. And they say climate change is bad
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Grew my first and so far only almond this year, so I sympathise a lot!
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The climate crisis is bad. Your figs are things of beauty.
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Last year I had an indecent amount and size of London figs. This year only about 5 ripe ones… not enough water
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We had quite a few but the hot weather did for them so actually also only managed one! We also got a single melon🤣
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Beautiful. I had about a dozen beautiful figs from my tree this year. Barely had one edibke one before. I like to think my Dad (who always grew figs) was smiling down on us xx
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Enjoy! They say it was not an apple in eden but a fig....
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My 7 year old son and his friend thought it was a great idea to pick all the unripened figs from our tree last month 😩. However we have had an abundance of peppers and tomatoes from our allotment this summer!
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A harvest is a harvest. I said the same thing about my 10 potatoes 😂
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Great job Alex Just purchased some from Turkeyi at a supermarket and they are absolutely bang on flavour and texture wise My two favourite fruits: figs and persimmons
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Congratulations. My parent's neighbor grows figs in northern Germany of all places, and their tree produces amazing fruit, fragrant, aromatic and fresh.
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Sitting outside in one of our local Catalan bars, under fig trees, the owner (now sadly dead) used to come round with a cutter on a pole, cut figs when ripe, and hand them to customers. Lovely man. Lovely figs too.
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Ooh that's lovely! And there will be more. I used to do quite well with them in Catford, but haven't yet planted one here. An error!
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One of my greatest luxuries is to pick a fig from my friends' tree and just bite straight into it. Oooh!
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figs are the best always wait until they start teardropping honey and their insides turn golden
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As I wake up in the morning, it has slowly dawned(you see that?) on me that living things in Mother Nature are all furtively working away. And there are a lot of them. Today it’s one fig, next season it will be many more.
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We have a fig tree. This year it is giving us a steady bumper crop. Fig trees are great: almost indestructible, easy to grow and generous with their fruit.
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Nothing nicer than eating a fig straight from the tree.
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“British Rooftop Fig” is a good band name!
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I see lots of fig trees here on the south coast, but only tiny figs on them, which seem to fall unripe in gardens, unwanted. Such a shame.
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My earliest in NC that I know the name of is called Marseille Black. You could probably fruit that one and it's very tasty!
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Beautiful! We had four this year for the very first time on our very small tree. Onwards and upwards!
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It does look perfect and I'd argue just like my tomatoes, the first can be the most delicious of all.
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