Home-plate as in baseball? No, we aren’t playing baseball with figs. Although it could be fun to smash them with a baseball bat through a powerful swing. Because there are so many visitors noticing the Figgi Riggi blog, I have decided to move Figgi Riggi. It was changed from figgiriggi.wordpress.com to it’s own unique domain home at figgiriggi.com. 
Your figs have been growing for a couple of months now, it’s August or September with the sweet fig smell in the air and they’re beginning to change color, some being eaten by birds, ants or surrounded by fruit flies. You ask yourself, “Are they ripe?”. Sometimes they’re ready once they’ve reached their ideal color for your fig variety. The best time for harvesting your figs regardless of the color is when you begin to see tiny white cracks in the skin.
Here is an official list of fig facts from Purdue University. These facts show everything from home remedies to nutritional information.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/fig.html
Here is a more human version of the nutritional information:
http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-figs-dried-uncooked-i9094?size=2
Here’s another good resource on Fig Facts. It’s an Australian site with info about how figs are grown in California. I found it to be particularly informative.
http://www.foodforest.com.au/fact-sheets/fruit-and-nut-trees/figs/
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