We had picked up figs the other day at the CSA. These weren’t part of our share; instead, they’d come from the Mission Gardens, and one could buy baskets on a first-come first-served basis. Now, I couldn’t remember if I’d ever had figs before, but, we happen to know that the Mission Gardens are working to grow food that was grown here historically, going so far as to search out abandoned orchards to get cuttings for fruit trees from the time the Jesuit missionaries lived in the area. It’s a cool idea, and we think that buying a basket of figs is the least we can do.
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