A step-by-step guide to cultivating delicious figs at home.

Can you grow a fig from a fig tree? Well, it was Epictetus that said, 'If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen' – ...

Figs are often overlooked fruits, but fall is the ideal time to try this healthy pick. Not only are they sweet and versatile, but figs are packed with fiber to support your digestion and essential ...

Figs offer fibre, potassium, and natural sugars for digestion and energy, while pumpkin seeds provide protein, healthy fats, and minerals like zinc and magnesium for immunity and sleep. Both are ...

For hardy, slightly under-ripe figs, pickling is the best option. The figs are cold-pickled in vinegar with crushed fennel seeds and Marash chile flakes for a mild heat. Urfa, Aleppo or even half the ...

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 ...

“By themselves the figs could build a forest,” ecologist EJH Corner wrote almost a century ago. Now a fascinating book, Gods, Wasps, and Stranglers: the secret history and redemptive future of fig ...