Fig tree!

I have loads of questions today!!! on various topics!!!

I have a beatiful fig tree that i planted in my front garden and it has just thrived, it has loads of figs (40+) on it that have grown since the start of 2009. Now my problem is, its growing to big for my front garden and ideally i need to move it into the back garden, when is going to be the best time to do this? I read somewhere that figs should be left on the tree for 2 years before they are ready to eat, however, the frost last year made the few that i had on then drop off.

Any help would be muchly appreciated xx

 

Figs are not frost hardy so you really need to protect with fleece if planted in a garden or move into shelter if potted. Some folk in the balmy south might get away with leaving figs exposed though!
Ours lives on a pot and gets taken into the greenhouse over winter. We still have yet to harvest our first fig and it's now three years old It's now on its final warning - 'fruit or face the shredder and compost heap'.
Most advice on figs suggests restricting to roots either by potting or by lining the planting hole with slates or similar - this is supposed to stimulate fruit production.

I wouldn't move it until it goes dormant in late autumn/winter