Picking your figs depends on what you wish to do with them. If you want them soft for preserves, wait until the fruit is soft and light green to brown. If you want to eat or cook the figs, pick them when they are still firm and a pale, somewhat mottled green. Wear gloves to protect you from their irritating milky juice. When pulling off the tree, leave the stem attached to the fruit. Remove all fallen fruit from the ground to keep down insect and pest problems.

When two or more of your leading follicles are 20mm or more in average diameter and if your Estradiol level is about 1,000 pmol per Lit for each large follicle, your eggs are mature enough to have the HCG trigger injection. Usually there will be clear mucus from your vagina and the ultrasound scan would show an endometrial thickness in excess of 8mm. See similar questions...

There are different ways to check for ripeness depending on what kind of produce you are considering. Ask the farmer and he/she should be able to tell you the best way. You can also click on this link for more information: http://www.taunton.com/finecooking/pages/c00019.asp See similar questions...

Most of us are ready to quit when there is little joy left in smoking or have been diagnosed with a smoking-related problem that threatens our health. Why wait? You wouldn't stand in the road until a car hit you before trying to move out of its way. There seem to be those things in life that each of us can resist doing even while others cannot. For instance, perhaps some of your friends can't resist a second or third helping of food but you can't. See similar questions...

When you have endstage or "bone on bone" arthritis, injections are helping the pain less than three months, and your quality of life is being affected by your pain, then you will be a surgical candidate. Until you reach this point, Dr. DiGioia will continue to advise conservative treatment. See similar questions...

Unfortunately, this is the most difficult question to answer. Only you know if you are ready. Suspension readiness is much more of mental state than physical. As with any form of body modification, one must make the decision based on personal experience and research. At the same time, no amount of research or even watching suspensions in person can really prepare you for the feeling of suspension (but it sure helps). See similar questions...

RIPE stands for ‘Reseaux IP Europeens’, this is the body that looks after all IP allocations for European ISPs and organisations which need IP addresses to run their and/or their clients operations (like Oftel runs UK telephone number allocations). See similar questions...

The Svan Chair is designed to provide upright support for children who are able to sit up on their own to eat. If your child is not able to sit upright unassisted, you may want to use a carseat, bouncer seat or similar seat until they can sit upright, typically around 6 months. See similar questions...

Lots of raw fruit appears to do no harm and may be beneficial on condition that the rest of the diet is adequate. See similar questions...

By registering for My Account, you will automatically receive email notifications when your gas bill is issued. These “bill ready ” notifications will be sent to your current email address on file for each bill account that you have set up online. You may log-in just to view your bill online, without making a payment. You may also log in, view and pay your bill online by providing the necessary banking information. See similar questions...

The Kefir is ready when it is reached a soft set condition. At this point refrigeration or immediate use will stop further fermentation into a curds and whey separation. If seperation does occur, drain this product through a sieve and refrigerate the now soft creamy like cheese. This cheese is Quark and is delicious with herbs, salt and pepper or with jam on croissants or toast. See similar questions...

The teacher training course starts with all the basics you need to know as both a student and a teacher. We have had beginning students start with only a limited amount of experience who have done extraordinarily well and are now teachers themselves. The only requirement is the ability to commit to yourself and a practice. See similar questions...

e-mail is sent each month when the regular bill is ready. A copy of the bill and bill insert is online. See similar questions...

Your alias (*first name + first letter of your last name) will appear on the Queue Monitor (either on the large monitor located in the Café Area or on the monitor located near the Word Processors), highlighted in red, with the location of your computer listed. Please note: If there is more than 1 patron with the same first name + first letter of last name, a number will automatically be added to the end of your alias. See similar questions...

This is a very personal and individual decision. Read the Coaching Checklist on our site and see if the descriptions match how you are feeling about your life at the moment. There is also a section called Can You Be Coached? which explains more about when coaching works well - and you can always contact us with your query too, for a no-obligation discussion. See similar questions...

No. All meals are only assembled at our studio. You will take them home to put in your freezer and cook at your convenience. We suggest that you place a few meals in your refrigerator to eat that week. You may even want to pop one in the oven as soon as you get home! See similar questions...

A ready-to-eat food or RTE is any food that will be served to a consumer without a further pathogenic reduction step (cooking, washing, etc.). RTE's include properly cooked potentially hazardous foods, washed whole or cut fruits and vegetables, and food products removed from their packaging, etc. See similar questions...

Yes and no. The majority of food comes in a ready-to-cook state, meaning that you get all the ingredients, pre-portioned, pre-chopped, and pre-washed delivered to you. You follow the recipe given and cook the meal. Think of a cooking show on TV, where all the prep is done for the chef, and all s/he has to do is toss the ingredients together and cook. If you are looking for a ready to eat meal, look for the Heat n' Eat category of meals. Most meals take 5-15 minutes of your time in the kitchen. See similar questions...

All Mariani products have a BEST BEFORE date located on the back of the packages. The month and year lists the ideal shelf life of the fruit. See similar questions...