{"id":34433,"date":"2020-04-25T10:32:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T14:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=34433"},"modified":"2020-04-25T10:35:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T14:35:23","slug":"the-indefatigable-fig-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/04\/25\/the-indefatigable-fig-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indefatigable Fig Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"The Indefatigable Fig Tree\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/49817684582\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49817684582_f411f3f2dd_z.jpg?resize=640%2C421&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Indefatigable Fig Tree\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Italian immigrants probably planted these fig trees in these hardscrabble, concrete back yards generations ago for a taste of the old country. This one is growing from a neighbor&#8217;s yard, and despite being harshly pruned and cut to the very ground, it persists growing and producing figs. The birds get most of the figs when they are ripe, but we&#8217;ve managed to snatch a few.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian immigrants probably planted these fig trees in these hardscrabble, concrete back yards generations ago for a taste of the old country. This one is growing from a neighbor&#8217;s yard, and despite being harshly pruned and cut to the very &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/04\/25\/the-indefatigable-fig-tree\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4079,3809],"tags":[4905,4494,4906,3669,105,2502],"class_list":["post-34433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-looking-south","category-south-philly-safari","tag-fig","tag-fig-tree","tag-italy","tag-philadelphia","tag-south-philly","tag-spring"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-8Xn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9324,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/08\/14\/figs-goat-cheese\/","url_meta":{"origin":34433,"position":0},"title":"Figs &#038; Goat Cheese","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"August 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 One of the advantages of living in South Philly are the fig trees. The old timers planted them in their backyards - Italians love their figs! They make cookies, wrap them in prosciutto, put up preserves. 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Being the considerate creatures they are, they've left most of the fruit on the lower branches untouched. 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