I saw a fig tree growing in a front yard in Harrisburg that was producing a lot of ripening figs. Can we grow them in this area? I doubt whether this one was getting wrapped over the winter. A: We've ...

Learn how to grow figs right in your backyard. Every Southern garden should have a fig tree. These small trees or shrubs produce delicious fruit with flavors best experienced ripe from the tree.

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Really, it is hard to kill a fig tree. There might be a year or two where the thing doesn't fruit or it reawakens in late June as opposed to early May after the final frost. (Oh ...

Stavros Pando will tell you that the ideal spot to plant a fig tree in New York City is in the corner of a walled-off backyard where the walls serve as buffers from the cold winter winds. But he lives ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It is with great relief and joy that I report that my fig tree lives. Earlier this summer I thought the thing was gone for good. It was a rough winter, after all, and the only ...

When Linda and Tony Testa were invited to a friend’s party celebrating her graduation from college at age 54 last July, they thought they had the perfect gift: A fig tree. Tony Testa cultivates more ...