I absolutely love to forage. I get so extremely excited when I find a fruit tree, a nut tree, or berries that are ripe for the picking. Since living in Texas I have discovered so many things to forage especially since it’s so warm most of the year. Despite the overall lack of rain quite a few things grown around here.

I discovered this here fig tree a few years ago in my favorite spot on campus. It’s this secluded little area up on the top of a hill right at the end of a street that is surrounded by trees. One time while I was taking a lunch break there I noticed a chewed up fig. I figured this could only mean one thing…that there was a fig tree nearby. Sure enough I was right! The figs weren’t quite ripe yet and by the time I came to investigate the second time they were all gone. Last year I don’t think the tree was very successful because of the horrible drought that happened last summer. What little fruit it did produce went to the squirrels and the birds.

This year however I got soooo lucky! A coworker brought in some fresh figs that her husband had picked and I just knew my tree had to have ripe figs also. I went home, got a container, walked to my tree, and sure enough it was covered with figs just waiting on me to come pick them! They were so ripe and delicious. I ate a few while I picked them and I still have quite a few. I’m thinking I will eat them with cheese, prosciutto, and honey. Yum!