A step-by-step guide to cultivating delicious figs at home. Figs are a delightful option for home gardeners, combining sweet, rich flavor and ease of care. Once established, fig trees require minimal ...

Weeping figs, otherwise known as 'ficus benjamina', are a low-maintenance variety of indoor tree native to Asia and Australia. With their abundance of delicate leaves, they're a great beginner tree ...

Fig trees are one of the easiest fruit trees to grow. Not only can handle extreme heat and drought conditions without affecting fruit quality, but the fruit develops without pollination. Pollination ...

Every year around this time, I wait for a text from some good friends who have an old, sprawling fig tree in their backyard: “Figs are ripening! Come pick anytime!” And we do. Figs are utterly unlike ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- It's finally here -- Fig Fest 2018, the Staten Island celebration of all things ficus. Loyalists to this low-key gathering know the event is held on Sept. 15 each year -- rain, ...

A booming market has specimen hunters tracking down rare new varieties of the ancient fruit By Jacob Roberts Photographs by Christie Hemm Klok David and Priscilla Burke's daughter Aoibheann with a ...