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Mediterranean Food: Figs & Citrus
Many years ago I did a book about Plants of the Bible, which generally meant edible plants that grow in a Mediterranean climate. Here’s the list:
"Mediterranean climate" means temperate climate areas along a coastline bordering a body of water to their West, between 30-45 degrees from the equator. (I believe such locations also harbor many watch collections).
In our daily walks around San Diego County we have noticed a huge proportion of the homes (and some businesses) have these edible plants scattered around their property. Yesterday I took some pictures of CITRUS - mainly lemons, limes, oranges and tangerines.
FIGS
This morning my wife did a little research in our neighborhood, looking for FIGS. It’s not the season for figs and the plants are bare, but that makes them easy to find. Here’s a sprinkling of fig trees within a 1-2 mile radius:
CITRUS
To save you the trouble of looking for the other post, here are some of the citrus we found yesterday, in an area about 4-5 miles from us (our street is full of citrus too; we never buy lemons!)
Today’s watch:
Mediterranean Food: Figs & Citrus
Many years ago I did a book about Plants of the Bible, which generally meant edible plants that grow in a Mediterranean climate. Here’s the list: " Mediterranean climate " means temperate climate areas along a coastline bordering a body of water to their ...
When I was a kid
There was a fig tree at my grandfather's house so I grew up eating tons of them, great memories. The farm also had many blackberry trees which as a kid who spent a lot of time climbing in trees I would advise against, they can break with little warning an...
Interesting as beeing someone from a
Mediterranean climate area, I realized that I never quite understood the exact geographical placement of it until I saw the map you posted.
Despite not being in season, it’s still obvious from the pics that fig trees are not rare either…
and that is really impressive seeing the characteristic shape/look of the trunk and branches. A very special tree indeed, in my eyes.🤩 By chance, do you know if there are neighborhoods in LA or SF where one could see citrus trees on so many regular proper...