tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post978666134085027609..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: O Fig TreeThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-55268095708993021952014-02-24T16:25:58.917+00:002014-02-24T16:25:58.917+00:00Figs are one of my favourite genera. The edible on...Figs are one of my favourite genera. The edible ones could often be seen reaching over old laneway walls in the backstreets of Sydney's Greek and Italian inner suburbs. Must try to grow one some day.<br /><br />In my home strip of eastern Australia, the Moreton Bay fig, a rainforest giant, grows to truly monumental proportions. Common street tree and in parks and along foreshores. Inedible fruit except for birds, though I have read that Aborigines prepared them somehow.Goathttp://thegoatthatwrote.net/noreply@blogger.com