On May 17, 9:26*am, wrote:
In article , wrote:

It's a Brown Turkey. *As I said, it's a cold garden, though I am
not entirely sure why, but I have observed that in many plants.
They are generally a week or so later than the area, and often
rather more affected by frost.

How strange. *Havign said that, our asparagus patch on the allotment is
distinctly colder than the rest of the whole plot, for no apparent
reason. *I think it's probably haunted.

The only thing that is strange is that I can't identify why! *It's
fairly common. *Anyway, I passed a fig 2 days ago elsewhere in
Cambridge, and it was still solidly dormant - that that was south
facing, sort-of!

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Some interesting info on figs
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1787/