Figs!

It's that time of year for figs-- actually it's a bit late. We usually are done with figs (and the rest of the garden) by mid-August. Everything is usually spent or burnt from the hot weather. 

This year seems to be different, with the wet, cool weather in June. We actually had a spring for once is DC. There has only been one week in July (when we were out of town) where the temperatures reached 100 for multiple days. The cooler temps in August (mid-80s), has meant slower developing fruits. 

Anyway, enough about the weather. The whole point of this post is show you my fig jam:

Three 4-oz wide-mouth jars of figs, brown sugar, and lemon juice are done. I'm sure ill be making more as there are about a thousand figs still on the branches. 

In fact I also roasted figs with Boursin goat cheese and prosciutto last night for dinner, along with chicken on our new grl! 

(The grill was a deal at our local hardware store. It is half times bigger than our old one and--the best part-- it was already assembled!). 

In actuality, it was a good way to end a great summer: freshly grown and made figs and a new grill.