"Some farmers have abandoned agriculture altogether." Farmers devastated as key crop becomes harder to grow: 'Cultivation is now under threat' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Right now, the department store is selling one of the most popular houseplants ever on its warehouse floors. It’s the coveted ...

Maintaining a happy and healthy fig tree is essential if you want to get tasty and juicy fruit, and the key to keeping one in top health is to prune it properly. However, there's an art to this task ...

In this vintage photo supplied by Gabriel Dalessandro’s aunt, Mary Dalessandro, the family patriarch, also named Gabriel Dalessandro, tends to the fig tree he grew from a cutting he brought from Italy ...

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, what I discovered is yes, you can grow them and there is a potential ...

Fig trees are prolific growers and can mature at 10 to 30 feet tall and wide. Pruning controls their size so they grow more bushlike than treelike. Native to Asia and the Mediterranean, they thrive in ...

Tree-ripened figs are delicious, delicate and don’t travel well, so are best enjoyed where they grow. Only we happy people who live in regions where the fig tree grows know the luscious texture and ...

Summer is officially here! Most of us would argue that summer arrived in Southeast Texas more than month ago (I certainly would). Hot and humid conditions and a “moisture-rich” environment are ...