Bettina: Hi there! I have just harvested a few of my own figs. Very proud of my 3-year old fig bush. That's what it looks like: <file_photo>
Essy: Oh divine! They are very special fruit especially when homegrown!
Bettina: No fertilizers, no sprays! When I bought it, it was just 10 cm tall and I thought it would never grow. And hardly any fruit in the first 2 years.
Essy: What do you eat your figs with? Do you eat them raw or cooked?
Bettina:<file_photo> One for my breakfast. Not too big but sooo tasty.
Bettina: Raw, preferably still sun-warm. I've had maybe a dozen so far. This year.
Essy: I haven't eaten fresh figs in many years as the local ones so often have worms.
Bettina: Do fig bushes grow in your area? Around Ballito?
Essy: I really don't know, perhaps it's too hot here.
Bettina: And in Howick?
Essy: Oh yes! We had some in the garden. So long ago.
Bettina: <file_photo>
Bettina has a fig tree and she has had her first harvest this year. She hasn't used any fertilizers or sprays on her fig tree. Bettina prefers her figs raw. Where Essy lives, local figs often have worms. 