[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Winter kill was a problem the year I tried planting brown turkey figs. Planting against a sheltered south facing wall is a good idea. I wouldn't mind trying another hardy variety if I ever move out to the country. I have blueberries, they do grow here and are starting to bear.

I have tried inter-plantings, but I need a bit more room, and sun, for successful intensive gardening. When I was in college, and they provided space on campus for a garden, I tried the Squanto method of raising corn. Went to the beach and loaded up on dead alewife, put 2 or 3 in a hole and planted corn on top of them. It worked well without any additional fertilizer.

Right now I am sticking to tomatoes and basil, and a couple of zucchini plants. (Heirloom tomatoes, Russian black, mortgage lifter, brandywine, delicious--why grow anything you can buy in the store.)

[CobaltBlue]

Brown Turkey isn't as hardy as something else we grow but I just can't remember the name of it.

We have one Brown Turkey, never get much from it, and I finally persuaded my husband that if it doesn't produce this year we can take it out. He's too softhearted. But the early figs already withered on the branch and fell off.

The ones that really produce here make purple figs. Danged if I can remember the name.

There are ways of IDing figs looking at fruit and leaves, I need to do that.

[CobaltBlue]

Might be Hardy Chicago.

Whatever it is, it's tasty.