1 Keep in mind that 3 pounds (1.36 kg) of fresh figs equal approximately 1 pound (.453) of dried figs. 2  You can also use a food dehydrator to dry your figs. 3  Just cut the figs in half, place them cut side up on the dehydrator rack and then follow the manufacturer's instructions for the proper drying time. To add sweetness to your figs before drying, dissolve 1 cup (236 ml) of sugar into 3 cups (709 ml) of water and bring it to a boil. 2  Add the figs to the water and sugar mixture and allow them simmer for approximately 10 minutes. 3  Remove the figs from the water and then follow the steps for sun or oven drying.
1 An open coniferous forest (the section most properly called taiga). 2  the characteristic closed-canopy needleleaf evergreen boreal forest; and. 3  A mixed needleleaf evergreen-broadleaf deciduous forest, the ecotone with the Temperate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest.
A conifer is a tree belonging to the cone bearing order Coniferales. These trees have needles or scale-like leaves and are very different from hardwood trees which have broad, flat leaves and usually without cones. You can easily identify a conifer from a hardwood. Also called evergreens, conifers normally keep foliage or needles through the entire year. The notable exceptions are baldcypress and tamarack which shed needles annually. These softwood trees usually bear cones and include the pines, spruces, firs, and cedars. Wood hardness varies among the conifer species, and some are actually harder than some hardwoods. Most of the common conifers are of major economic importance for lumber and paper production.