I keep harvesting my figs every other day. I have got the original old fig tree in the back garden and I still remember thinking when I planted it – it is a pipe dream, I won’t get any fruit on that, not here in the Midlands. Forward about 35 years and the harvest is quite amazing. We get figs every year and I also managed to strike a few cuttings. I have got one large one and three smaller ones on the allotment, they are all giving fruit very generously.

The best way I could think of was to bottle them in red wine. Then we have a continuous supply of delicious desserts ready for the winter!