Let’s see if that continues this month as we head into spring gardening! March is the time to start your summer vegetable, herb, and flower seeds. Started now, your seedlings will be ready to ...

A step-by-step guide to cultivating delicious figs at home.

Dwarf fig trees are a perfect choice for indoor gardening, providing lush greenery and the possibility of homegrown fruit ...

Hot buttered biscuits and homemade fig preserves. Need I say more? Figs are one of the most widely planted home fruit trees in Louisiana. They thrive with little effort and produce crops of juicy, ...

Believe it or not, wintertime is the perfect opportunity to prepare for the growing season. There are plenty of tasks to accomplish around the garden ahead of spring. It's a great time to propagate ...

Figs are a delightful option for home gardeners, combining sweet, rich flavor and ease of care. Once established, fig trees require minimal maintenance, are drought-tolerant, and can adapt to various ...

Sylvia Plath's fig tree metaphor from The Bell Jar represents the paralysis of choice and fear of making wrong decisions. Each fig symbolizes a different life path, while the protagonist's inability ...

Figs have always been one of my favorite fruit trees, and I find there’s something special about having one in the home landscape. These fruit trees provide beauty, shade and a steady supply of ...

UPPER POTTSGROVE — The Pennsylvania Fig Festival will return this year with a flavorful celebration of one of nature’s most unique fruits. Held at the Althouse Arboretum, 1794 Gilbertsville Road, on ...

Some extra nutrients can make a big difference. Fruit tree fertilizer isn’t one-size-fits-all—especially if you want a harvest worth bragging about. Before you feed your trees, it’s important to ...

Elementary school science teaches that trees produce the oxygen we breathe, and we, in turn, exhale carbon dioxide for trees to absorb. That isn’t where the process ends, though. Some trees can ...

A mugumo tree. A discovery, unveiled at the prestigious Goldschmidt Conference in Czech Republic, centres on Kenya’s Ficus wakefieldii—a relative of the sacred Mugumo tree that has grown across East ...