I could really use some advice on figs. When we inherited this house from my brother, (DeLand, FL) there was a fig tree in the yard which he had planted. We do not live here year round and I see small figs sometimes when we are here, however, have never caught them when they were ripe. I believe the birds have feasted on them. I would really like to know when they mature, and perhaps even EAT one as I love figs.