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 ...

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 ...

If you’ve ever wrestled with an overgrown fruit tree, you know the struggle: branches reaching for the sky, fruit hiding in a tangled mess and those pesky suckers popping up everywhere. But don’t ...

A couple of weeks ago, we talked about fig trees that thrive in our Southeast Texas climate and yield bountiful harvests. Thanks to this year’s wonderful weather, our fig trees are bursting with fruit ...

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 ...

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into limestone-like deposits that lock away carbon, sweeten surrounding soils, and still ...

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 ...

Over-pruning palms can lead to reduced food production, winter hardiness, and increased nutrient deficiencies and disease. Ideally, only dead fronds and fruit/flower stalks should be pruned, leaving a ...

The Brown Turkey fig tree (Ficus carica ‘Brown Turkey’) is a popular fruit tree prized for its sweet, mild figs and adaptability to West Texas. Native to the Mediterranean, this variety thrives in ...

A study indicates that the trees could provide effective, inexpensive checks of conditions near small-scale gold mines. Wild fig trees may provide an inexpensive, effective way to monitor mercury ...