Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of my friends at the pool asked me if we really could grow and harvest the figs in Ohio. From the latest research I have done, ...

One of the most ancient of fruits, figs have held a prominent place in gardens of the American South for hundreds of years. It is no surprise that they are still grown today. Cultural value Through ...

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Credit Thomas Jefferson for the figs we favor in the Carolinas: Brown Turkey, Green Ischa, White Marseilles. He brought the cuttings to Monticello from Paris near the end of the 18 th century. I've ...

Kathy Huber has worked for the Houston Chronicle since May 1981. She was Features Copy Desk chief before becoming the first full-time garden editor for the paper in 1988. She writes a weekly garden ...

Q: The very cold weather at the first of the year killed some limbs on my fig trees. When is the best time to remove the dead limbs? Eddie Dillard, Atlanta A: Dead limbs can be removed at any time of ...

It may not be easy — but it isn’t impossible, either. By Margaret Roach It looked like the best fig year ever, with maybe 20 fruits forming on my potted tree as the season progressed. But frost is ...