Think you can only plant trees in your yard in spring? Think again! These fast-growing trees do well planted in early fall ...

The leaves of a fig tree, both fresh and dried, have the aroma and flavor of coconut with a hint of vanilla and make for a ...

Summer's not over yet. From festivals and fairs to block parties and Broadway musicals, here's what to do this weekend in ...

By Eddie Smith MSU Extension Service Figs have always been one of my favorite fruit trees, and I find there’s something ...

Pumpkin spice is one of the most popular autumn flavors but sometimes you just want something different. During fall, pumpkin spice takes over the hearts and tastebuds of the world. The pumpkin spice ...

From now until the first hard frost, everything we do in the garden is all about next year.

* What it is: Fignomenal is a recently introduced dwarf fig tree that’s geared to growing in pots. It’s capable of delivering fresh figs for weeks to northern gardeners. Discovered by Lloyd Traven at ...

One afigcionado is making this corner of Queens a far more fruit-friendly place. Buoyed by the success of Astoria’s first-ever fig tree scion exchange in March — which brought in some 200 people to ...

Brian Melton cultivates over 300 fig varieties in Fresno through grafting. Local customers buy Melton's figs directly via social media and porch pickup. Fresno remains key to U.S. fig production, ...

BEHIND THE OLD HOUSE between Al-Zawaideh and Deir al-Balah—my grandfather’s house—stands a forgotten fig tree. It leans unobtrusively against the southern wall, almost hidden (behind an unused water ...

In colder countries, many growers bring the plants into garages or sheds in winter for extra protection. Fig trees do need to go dormant in winter, so if you go down this route, wait until the tree or ...

Spotted lanternflies are back in Massachusetts "While the primary host plant of (the spotted lanterfly) is the invasive tree-of-heaven, researchers have found that it also targets grapevines, hops and ...