Fertilizer spikes may seem like a convenient way to feed your trees, but these little spikes come with some caveats. Know the ...

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There's nothing more satisfying than harvesting the literal fruits of your labor, and if you've grown an avocado tree from a pit, then there's no prouder plant parent than you. As you've probably ...

We are fortunate to live in a place where we can grow so many delicacies, Cindy Watter, a UC Master Gardener of Napa County, ...

When LAist senior editor Suzanne Levy discovered there was a fig tree in her new backyard, she was thrilled. She didn't realize she'd be sharing its bounty with a tenacious sweet-toothed squirrel. The ...

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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 ...

Unlock the flavor of fig leaves and transform both sweet and savory dishes. Fig leaves bring coconut, vanilla, and almond aromas to sweet and savory dishes. They can be toasted, steeped, or ground to ...

With a large majority of Ugandans using wood fuel every day, millions of trees have to be replanted to compensate for the ...

Since a cutting from the famous Tobruk Fig Tree was brought back to Australia from Libya more than 80 years ago, dozens more have been taken and propagated around the country. But until this week none ...