When we lived in Little Forest Hills, my husband and I had two-mile route we walked regularly through the neighborhood. Around the corner from our house was a lovely mature fig tree. One day, during ...

I’ve been tending fig trees for years as a gardener, but one that always comes to mind is a grand ‘Brown Turkey’ espaliered flat against a vast stone barn in South Wales. The garden sat at the bottom ...

Take advantage of fig tree hardiness to harvest figs even in cold climates. Learn how to prune fig trees for a bountiful crop and how to prep a fig tree for winter. Many years ago, when I first became ...

Learn how to prune fig trees to keep them healthier and more productive. Homegrown figs are a tasty treat and if you live in a climate where they grow well, it's well worth planting one in your yard.

If you’ve got fig trees, listen up because there’s a new troublemaker that’s headed our way — the black fig fly (Silba adipata). Hailing all the way from the Mediterranean region, this little critter ...

The most frequently asked question asked in 2016 concerned fig trees. Readers wanted to know why their fig trees did not produce good fruit. Either the fruit dropped from the tree when it was small, ...

Biologist David Mackay got a surprise when he began studying the birds visiting fig trees in his native Australia: While he expected to see plenty of species coming to eat the figs, he didn’t expect ...

Q: I have Brown Turkey figs that are 10 and 12 years old. This year the fruit is large, but as they are lightly purpling up, the skin has wrinkled, and the fruit is very dry within. Some were black, ...

QUESTION: I have a couple of fig trees which make fruit each year. For the last few years, however, the leaves die and fall off, usually in late summer. It seems to happen when the love bugs are ...