Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of my friends at the pool asked me if we really could grow and harvest the figs in Ohio. From the latest research I have done, ...

Q: One of my two fig trees has produced a few figs. The other one, which is the largest and healthiest tree, has never had a fig on it. Both where planted six years ago. Why is it not producing? A: It ...

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, ...

One of the most ancient of fruits, figs have held a prominent place in gardens of the American South for hundreds of years. It is no surprise that they are still grown today. Cultural value Through ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The common fig (Ficus carica) is a small tree native to southwest Asia but ...

A column I published earlier this year in January, about my encounter last fall with cherished fig trees grown on the Canadian border of Niagara Falls, attracted the keen eye of reader Gina Geiss of ...

It may not be easy — but it isn’t impossible, either. By Margaret Roach It looked like the best fig year ever, with maybe 20 fruits forming on my potted tree as the season progressed. But frost is ...