I saw a show once where these people in Canada have fig trees, they actually bury the whole tree through the winter. They cut the roots on the North and South sides of the tree, then tip the whole tree into a ditch on the South side, and cover it up with soil and then leaves, in the spring, the dig it up again. They have a 'fig festival' at the end of the summer. Pretty unbelievable.
Chiqueschicks, cool that your nephew has had figs for so long, I haven't even had one yet. Ever. never tasted a fig, so this could be a good thing for me. I only planted the tree to see if I could get it to grow, in our zone. It worked, but not as well as I would have liked.
Anybody in Bucks / Montgomery counties willing to sell me their extras? Please! 
Stake, those babies are so cute, and l love the "stink eye"! I bought a dwarf fig tree this year, from either Gurney's or Spring Hill Nursery (same company I think). It is only about a foot and a half tall, I've kept it in a container and I have decided to overwinter it indoors in a sunny south facing window. Something tells me it'll be a few years until I see figs, but it's all a journey! I had also picked up 3 kiwi plants/vines at Lowes this summer (clearance rack, $1.00 a plant because the leaves had fallen off; watered them, they came right back. Score! 
. ) I have them in my raised garden beds over the winter until I decide their permanent location. If you do get hardy kiwis, know that you need a female and a male for pollination. Transplanted some currant bushes from a relatives place, hoping they will come back in the spring! 
