The memory I have of Rice Krispie treats is friends selling them in high school as fundraisers for cheerleading, band, and any number of other clubs. They made a great snack in the middle of the...
Category: Figs
The taste of a ripe fig fresh from the tree is like nothing else - it's one of the things that got me into growing my own fruit at home. Figs from the grocery store are bland, mealy, and only mildly...
In an ideal world, we would all have the perfect climate, soil, and space to grow fig trees right in our backyards. But even if you can’t plant a fig tree in the ground – if your climate is too...
It's a frustrating gardening scenario: you plant a fig tree, watch it grow, and wait for the first crop of fruit...which never comes. Or it starts to come, but then falls off before ripening. Or...
The rewards of growing a fig tree are undeniable - they are beautiful, relatively easy to care for, and the flavor of homegrown figs is infinitely superior to store-bought. But a gardener who decides...
I try to be a good plant parent and provide everything my fig trees need to thrive (and produce tons of fruit!). Fig trees grown in the ground aren't too needy, since their far-reaching roots have...