As your summer garden starts to fade, it’s a good time to start planning for next year’s harvest, so why not try something ...

Dreaming of stepping into your backyard to pick fresh, juicy fruit straight from the tree? It might seem like a project ...

We are fortunate to live in a place where we can grow so many delicacies, Cindy Watter, a UC Master Gardener of Napa County, ...

A GROUP of determined neighbours have transformed a filthy, rat-infested alleyway into a thriving oasis filled with plants and wildlife. Yasmine El-Gabry and her neighbours became sick of fly ...

This Mediterranean tree is low maintenance, requiring sunshine and free-draining soil, and can typically provide you with delicious fruits twice a year.

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 ...

If you’d love to grow fruit trees but think you don’t have the space, think again. You don’t need an orchard or even a large backyard to enjoy garden-picked fruit. Related Articles These flowers ...

Tom Mashour discusses how to start cool-season vegetables and Bill Colvard talks about figs. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, Master Gardener Tom Mashour discusses and ...

The three-lined fig borer (Ptychodes trilineatus or Neoptychodes trilineatus), is a beetle which bores into wood and primarily attacks fig trees within in the southern US with a range that extends ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new research has found. The team of Kenyan, U.S., Austrian, and Swiss ...

Some fig trees can convert surprisingly large amounts of carbon dioxide into stone, ensuring that the carbon remains in the soil long after the tree has died. This means that fig trees planted for ...

In my opinion, the easiest fruit to grow in Southeast Texas is the fig—by far! Common figs (Ficus carica) are unique because they do not require pollinators for fruit development. It has become my ...