If you would like to add spring-flowering trees to your landscape, January and February are excellent months to plant them.

There’s a sprawling fig tree on a corner near my home that, seeking sunshine, twists itself almost into knots, so much so that a lot of it hangs over the property’s fence, beckoning passersby with ...

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 ...

Brian Melton of Fresno is an admitted fig fanatic. He eats them everyday and can easily name more than 100 different varieties that he's devoured. Melton's fascination with figs began as a hobby about ...

Jordan Engel just wants to make Astoria a more fruit tree-friendly place. “Astoria is kind of the fruit tree capital of the city,” the former urban orchardist said. “ The fig culture in Astoria runs ...