A New Favorite Food-Bearing Perennial - My Fig Tree 

Canned and fresh figs are the clearest food memory I have from growing up. My sister and I would practically fight over the slice of lemon my mom would put in each jar. I now have a tree propagated from the one that my grandparents place, purported to be over 100 years old. I plan on acquiring a total of ten different varieties of figs as part of my food forest, each one having its own unique flavor.

Holy Spirit touched your heart as you read the scripture and same with me I teared up with you. I love my fig tree as well. Haven’t seen you since 2023 pray all is well. Never Give up keep the Faith. Thank you Jesus

Love ❤️ your presentation. You have such 8 peaceful annointing. Growing up in South Texas we lived in poverty But God provided a fig tree and a peach tree that we could eat from on occasion.

I am new to growing figs. I have 4 different varieties plus a mystery fig that I just purchased today that a young man working at a plant nursery was given by his boss to attempt to revive. He did a wonderful job bringing this fig back to life, and I just so happened into this nursery for the first time today and asked if they sold figs. He told me that he had one out back that he was working with and brought it out for me to see. It was beautiful! He was so proud of his little tree and happy that it had found a new home. It was such a delight to see a young person so passionate about plants. I won’t know what variety my new tree actually is until it bears fruit, but it is going to be fun watching it grow and guessing along the way. Thank you for making this video, figs are not mentioned much as a preparedness food source, and they should be, as they are so very nutritious and delicious.

Praise God for you dear Sis!

I planted two this year. A Celeste and a Brown Turkey. I live in Texas so I hope they do good. Praise the Lord.

Thank you for the tips and encouragement. You are always a blessing. Take care and God bless you sweet sister.

Wow they looked good

God bless you young lady.

Thank you Miss Christa for another great video. I look forward to seeing the future fig videos..!

I planted one this summer! I’m so excited now.

I look forward to your future fig videos 🙏🇱🇷♥️

Thank you for sharing this wonderful and tasty idea... God is so Great to bless us over and over again with His beautiful Creation and all He provides us. Take care, be safe, God bless

Love you, sister in Christ! ❤️

I also live in Zone 7b have three fig varieties and am waiting for 4 more varieties. This year I learned about harvesting leaves and drying them for tea. Having some lemon grass and fig leaf tea as I watch you.

I love you all God ALMIGHTY bless you all!!! Ahmein and ahmein! Thank you sister

God bless U, sweetheart Christa, beautiful stories about Ur fig trees and how to grow it. U take me, back in time, to where I was born in Lebanon. We had two fig trees, one purple and one green. The purple figs , we’re huge, and the green ones, were the regular size, just like Urs. Thank you, for sharing, and not to mention, aside from being delicious, very healthy. 🙏🥰👍❤️👏✝️🌻🌹🍂🎃🍁🦃

I am always excited when I see that you have a new video posted. Your suggestions are always inspiring.

Wonderful presentation! Thank you! Every year my mom ships me figs from her trees for preserving and she includes the leaves as well, which when dried, make a nutritious tea. Of course, as in most tisane, I checked with my physician to make sure she approved me drinking fig leaf tea. 😊

I recently caught a few glimpses of you singing background at the Gaithers Christmas, you had a joyful smile and worshipful manner, Congrats!

My beautiful fruit from my fig tree, gets devoured by birds.. Full of goodness, too..

Fig jam!! Yum!

You are such a precious child of God! I look forward to each and every video you make. Thank you. It is dark out there but our Lord Jesus is the light of the world as you know full well. I’m glowing with you sister.

I share the need to grow things that will produce year after year...to that end, in my yard is a huge fig tree, an American Hazlenut, a Chinese Chestnut, a Crabapple and two Witch Hazels...plus blackberry and raspberry canes and muscadine vines. It's a start! Your videos are sych an inspiration. ..because YOU glow with God's love! Keep on being the light to others!

I learnt a new word. "startelings" I'll have to add it to my vocabulary. Love your work. Yes it's getting dark out there but one small spark can light up the whole room.

I love my fig trees!Mine are houseplants,I'm Zone 6.Next month,I'll prune them,start new trees w the cuttings&give away the rooted cuttings.I got my start when someone gave me 2 sticks w roots 5 yrs ago.My figs are brown&very sweet.

Your are such a beautiful human

I have 5 fig trees planted in my orchard here in mid-Missouri. The temperature gets down to -10 degrees F, so I need to cover them each winter. This will be their third winter in the orchard.

I have always loved figs! My grandma had two fig bushes. She made various cookies and candies out of them but always let me have a couple fresh figs.

LOVE THIS, THANK YOU

Figs are great 👍🏼. Had no idea how they grew though. Thanks for showing 👍🏼✝️

Green canned figs with blue cheese on a pizza!....The best! I didn't even know that there are many different varieties and the typical Biblical fig tree in the middle east differ much from the ones we have in South Africa! You will always be my inspiration! I nearly bought some chickens!!

Thank You for your light! The current state of the world makes me so sad. I pray every day for God’s return! Lord please lead us on the path you have provided us. Amen

Looking forward to more info on figs... I planted a fig tree last spring, and it did well through the summer.

Hi Sweetie! Gotta Love figs and Your trees are very nice and producing well. I have a few Celeste and LSU Gold trees that are taking off and doing great. God Bless and thanks for the perfect scripture verse! 🙏❤

Awesome thank you keep on keeping on with Jesus

Hi Christa, Always love listening to your Bible readings - please never stop adding them to then end of your videos. Here in England, there is a saying among gardeners, “If you can’t grow grass and potatoes, you can’t grow anything.” I would add, among other plants, fig trees. I agree with you, they are easy to get started from mere small cuttings. I recommend fig jam. Absolutely delicious! All the best from Phil.

I bought a Chicago Hardy Fig at the Nashville Farmer's Market on the day I left for home after Rory's festival. Up here in Central NY, I have to bring it inside for the winter. It has just dropped it's leaves and once the weather turns cold it will be stored throughout winter in my cellar. Hoping it buds in the spring when I bring it back out! I've never eaten a fresh fig, but so want to try growing some as everyone says they are scrumptious!

God bless you Sister. I don't think we're going to have to worry about food. Check out the Euphrates river and all the other rivers in the world. God is going to come rescue us soon!

Figs are awesome ! What I Know about them is keeping them pruned promotes fruit production . They will attract yellow jackets like other fruit trees . Enjoy learning from your channel ! God bless you !

Fantastic video! You’re always so good at bringing new ideas to people! I’m gonna try this as well as dates once I get moved down west! Thank you

Well done! I think I'm zone 7A. Speaking of cuttings I remember a friend of a friend with a small orchard in their large suburban backyard, with one particular tree that had 4 fruit, 3 others grafted in, if I remember apple, orange, pear, and peach! What a use of limited space. Ha, I was waiting for the Genesis fig leaf reference... a lot of symbolism with figs in the Bible. Well thanks again for sharing and God bless those with ears to hear sound wisdom for the days ahead! And as I consider all the adverbs and modifiers emphasizing God's power at work within us in Eph 3:20-21 I just want to go out and bear all the more "fruit" for Him!! "Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled." Matthew 5:5‭-‬6

We have 2 Chicago Hardy fig trees here in Upstate NY. Our first one was girdled, so we chucked it in the compost and got a new one sent to us. Surprise! The one we "chucked" grew back and is now potted. We had 4-5 figs off the new one. Hoping to get enough to dry

Good video , thanks for sharing , God bless !

I agree about figs being a good food to grow. My father-in-law had a fabulous fig tree in his yard. Fresh figs most of the year in our location. A video on making fig jam would be very helpful. Fig jam canned in mason jars would be a good addition to any prepper's pantry.

I love this video and I’m intrigued! I hadn’t considered figs but I am now and I’m looking forward to learning and following this with you! Thank you ! God bless you!

AMEN CHRISTA SWARTZ Have a blessed Thanksgiving.

PS...Eph 3:20 is my life verse and exactly the Scripture I've always shared with Jessica from Roots and Refuge that opened the door to driving to Rory's to meet her with meeting you being an unexpected blessing above all I could ask or think!

Dried figs are awesome! If there's any way you can produce these in your backyard, you need to do it! You can dry them you can freeze them you can can them.

Thank you for your video.

I love Figs the only ones i buy are the ones my super market has, they are from the middle east .They are very chewy but very good.

I have a couple right now that I got from cuttings from a tree at my husbands office. It’s a Italian honey fig. So they’re green. I also bought 6 more and took cuttings from my brother’s as well. I will have 9 figs in my yard. I never plant anything anymore that’s not edible. I also have camellia sinensis and can share that too. It’s the true tea plant. I also have pears and grapes, a huge garden and chickens. My honey figs are now 10 years old and 15’ tall. I also live in zone 7b in southern MD. Love you channel!

I love figs !!!

And fig leaf tea lowers blood sugar! And tastes good too.

God bless you !

Cuttings are amazing!!

These are dark times, but Jesus is the light of the world, and we are His extensions. My pastor recently preached on Genesis 47, where Jacob blessed Pharaoh, when he came in, and again when he left. He told us we would expect the blessing to come the other way since Pharaoh was the richest, most powerful ruler of the day. Yet a poor shepherd blessed him. It was because Jacob knew that he has the source to be able to truly bless - God. And just as you always say, we need to bless people, because we are the only ones who have the One from whom all blessings flow. We’ll keep shining and blessing until the Lord comes to take us home. God bless you!

Try different verities.some come in all at once,good for drying some come in late,some early.

One thing. There are many different colors of figs. There are many that are green when they are ripe. Most honey figs fall in this category. The rule on a fig is to pick it when it's droopy and almost ready to fall off. They don't ripen after they're pulled from the tree like other fruits

I've had a Chicago Hardy in the ground for several years, unfortunately planted in the wrong place. This year purchased a Celeste and a Conadria, which are still in pots. I'm in zone 6a.

We live in Waco. My in-laws have an amazing fig tree in their backyard. Not sure what variety it is. Oh wait yes I do… the sweet and tasty variety!

I made green fig jam last year from my end of the year figs. You should try it.

I really enjoy figs. I wonder if they can be canned, pickled or fermented?

We love figs as well. We grow brown turkey figs here in southeast Georgia and they are very prolific (fruit and propagation wise). My dad absolutely loved my strawberry fig preserves. I miss him, but will always have those memories. Also read can use the milky substance (not sure proper name) but use as rennet substitute for cheese making.

#289👍🤓👏👏I love figs!! I want one of these trees like a neighbor once had for 50 years. Until it was cut down for a driveway😝

We are in zone 7b too. I just ordered a fig tree, and am so excited! Always look forward to your videos. Blessings 💗

Ripe figs chopped in food processor and put on toast is delicious.

HaHa chuckle, C.O.T.I. of the Day Award about your sister & the fig leaves!

❤ I love this!

You're a beautiful lady! Keep up with the good work you're doing.

excellent

I have a huge fig tree that I grew from a tiny one. Ive not propagated it yet

I am jealous. I want some mullein!

great!

You video I enjoy very much

agree. perennial is the only thing I grow

LOL, I can't believe you shared the "Adam and Eve" story bit! That was supposed to be our secret! 🤣

Fig cake. Fig Newtons. Fig Preserves...

I can't get to my figs for the ants ... Any suggestions on stopping these invaders. My fig this year was ten feet tall, I did prune it down because I like to look at the leaves...and that's all the ant's leave me. I was told they don't ripen off the tree. Your's are beautiful. Thank you for sharing

Christa, Hello! I am 61 years old, I don’t know much but have been learning, Along with a regular garden, I also want a wild edible garden. I have sunchokes, lambs Qourters and Polk weeds that grow regularly n my yard, and of course dandy lions and hen bets, I am n zone 7, but not sure if I’m n 7 b, and do not know how to find out which I am n. U say u sell ur cuttings, is there a way that I might could buy a few cuttings from u??? Not long ago I came across ur channel, and with every video I watched, ur voice is soothing and relaxing to the heart. What I’m saying is, is that u do God justice, with others, I do not hear God through them, their words, I hear deceit and want to run, u, ur words, the look of u when u speak of him, his words, I can feel him, God said he’ll show us signs through things or others, u r a gift to him, because of u, he has chosen u to show us him through u. Thank u

How long do you get fruits off the fig tree? It looked like they might straggle along quite a while once they start ripening since they are in different stages.....? Thanks for sharing! I'm hoping they grow where I am!

" The best time to plant a fruit tree is yesterday" im in zone 5 & my fig trees are still small and struggling.

I love fresh figs right off the tree. Don't know if they would survive in North Idaho though. Loving your videos

Cant say I have ever thought about a fig tree. I wonder if they grow in Southern Illinois?

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Check the guy who trims to 3 or 4 ft and 3 stems.

Thanks so much for sharing. . I guess Olympian must be late season. I wonder if you're familiar with Sister Mary and Brother John of God's Handmaiden and Lighting the Way Ministries? I believe they're in Cross Plains.

Did you move? You said last year you lived in zone 7a. You don't want to use all your space up on one thing, apples, almonds, pecans and more. The fig tree that I had experience with rooted real easy, I had one a guy gave me for buying a couple trees from him and got a couple of figs off of it bur dissected it to get more trees and over or under watered it and lost all of it, the fruit was not very sweet but someone told me they are supposed to get sweeter the second or third year.. I was thinking of you earlier today when I was up-potting the largest of my pink guava seedlings, you can grow it in a pot indoors in the winter but if you only want things that will grow in your zone outdoors then I won't ask if you would like to have one, the strawberry guava are still tiny, they actually are not all up yet I don't know how many more will germinate. I was wondering if they let a person set up at those festivals and sell stuff. How much is a booth space to set up and can a person make it profitable? If I did that I would need to buy new tires for the truck, right now i really don't have enough of anything to sell to make it profitable but as far as plants go I have a lot of seedlings started and, I have some very sweet yellow dragon fruit and some red dragon fruit that was not near as sweet but I don't think it was ripe good yet. If you live in zone 7b you can grow the same thing as I can and don't have a greenhouse. Actually unless you have a heated greenhouse the temp inside will be the same as outside if the sun is not shining. I have been wanting one across the front of the house for years. Hugs for you

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How can I get the fig trees I live in Tennessee about 3 hours above Nashville who sells them and can you give me names of the big trees and will they grow in my area

I have one fig tree that never bears. Maybe I need to get 2 for cross pollination?

KJV Revelation 22:20

I have grapefruit trees in kansas. Not surw what to do.

Have transients, would figs feed in the fall?

What is the camera person doing to make you laugh so beautiful? ☺️☺️

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My wife and I also live in zone 7B whereabouts do you live at in 7B

Few people know that it was a fig that fell on Sir Isaac Newton's head, and thus his nickname.

I live in south carolina, my figtree is huge about 8 years old and have never gotten any figs. ???

One guy puts fig between 2 fig leaves and flattens them.. then tosses leaves then eats.