Fig trees grow quickly, and cutting them back drastically helps keep them at a manageable size. Learn how and when to prune ...

Everything you always wanted to know about figs but were afraid to ask. How lucky we are to live in this region's Mediterranean climate - because we can eat fresh, tree-ripened figs! Folks who live ...

Many fruit crops, such as most apple varieties, have to be cross-pollinated, meaning you need to grow more than one apple tree in order for them to bear fruit. Pollen from a different variety of apple ...

Q. We have been growing pineapple plants from cut-off tops for about 15 years and have harvested about 6 in that time. Could you please tell me how to tell when the fruit is ripe and ready to cut from ...

Figs will soon be ripe for the picking, but you'll have to outsmart the birds to get to them first. (File photo) The score is now Bill 1, Birds 1. In the game of figs that is just starting, I consider ...

We harvested the sticky purple fruit into plastic grocery bags, ignoring the tingling in our hands from the sap. We picked the tree almost clean, harvesting some seven pounds of glistening, perfectly ...

Whether picked for desserts, pudding, jams, jellies, or simply to eat straight off the bush or tree, there is a fantastic range of fruits to pick in August. They ripen in the summer sun, and it pays ...