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 ...

Figs are considered a sub-tropical fruit and are often damaged when temperatures fall below 20 degrees. Many homes in Rowan County have included fig trees in their plantings to supplement their fresh ...

If you’re growing fig trees where temperatures drop below freezing for extended periods, then an ounce of protection can be worth a pound (or more!) of figs. Native to Mediterranean Europe, Asia and ...

We all know that trees are an important part of our climate efforts. But we usually envision this as lush forests soaking up carbon dioxide through their leaves and storing it as wood. What if trees ...

Question for Dan Gill: My fig tree is plentiful with green figs; however, they are not ripening. By this time in previous years, figs were beginning to ripen. Others in Metairie, where we live, have ...

While all trees can mitigate climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide, a few have another trick up their sleeve that allows them to turn CO2 into stone. Recent research has shown that certain ...