fig fruit

There is nothing quite like standing in your own backyard on a warm San Diego morning, reaching up, and plucking a fruit that feels like a soft, heavy

There is nothing quite as heartbreaking in the garden as watching your anticipation turn into compost on the ground. You watch those little green gems

Most people in San Diego think a ripe fig has to be black or purple, but I’m here to tell you that the real magic happens in green. When I first planted

The late afternoon sun here in San Diego hits the orchard with a golden hue that makes the fig trees look almost prehistoric. After spending years cultivating

When you walk into my orchard here in San Diego, past the rows of common citrus and avocados, one tree always stops visitors dead in their tracks. It isn’

Standing in my orchard here in San Diego, surrounded by the sweet, dusty scent of fig leaves baking in the 85°F afternoon sun, I often watch visitors make

There is absolutely nothing in the grocery store that compares to a fig ripened on the branch under the warm San Diego sun. When you bite into a properly

Living in San Diego, we are blessed with a growing climate that makes most of the country jealous, but we have our own unique set of headaches.

There is something deeply primal about standing in a San Diego orchard, surrounded by the scent of warming soil and sweet foliage, holding a fruit that

Living in San Diego allows me to push the boundaries of what’s considered “local” produce, and few things excite me more than the Ronde De Bordeaux fig.