Figs - Lets Figure it Out

We have a fig tree. I both love it and find it exasperating. It sprawls eveywhere even though we chop it back but I love the big leathery leaves and it produces masses of figs. The problem is it is a bit of an advocado. You watch the figs grow and begin to ripen, you check them everyday - not quite yet, not quite yet, then one morning they are either on the ground squashed or they squish between your fingers when you try to pick them. Mind you, the chickens love figs - we put a few of the squashed ones in their garden and they dip their beaks in them then look up at you with the purple juice dripping down onto their feathers - anything with seeds. We now settle on picking them underripe and leave them in the house to 'turn' and then put them in the fridge where they will keep for a week providing they are not touching anything else. We achieve this by putting them into the bottom part of a cardboard egg box which keeps them separate and supported. A very needy fruit as it turns out.

We will be exploring all aspects of the fig which turn out to be as surprising as the nasturtiums - I sometimes wonder how all of these things are discovered - they are so random!

Our Workshops are friendly, no experience of cooking or preserving is necessary and we try to use everyday, familiar equipment. You can cook along with the Live Workshop or use the recording which will be place in The Library of the School soon after the Workshop finishes

So, take advantage of the block booking discounts to access all of the Season's Workshops with the security of knowing you won't miss anything.

We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you to our preserving family

Rosie x