A simple seasonal guide for thriving figs and happy growers Caring for a fig tree isn’t some high-stakes garden mystery. But it is a rhythm—a kind of slow conversation with the seasons. You feed it, prune it, protect it, and in return, it gives you the softest, sweetest fruit you’ll ever eat straight from the […]
Let’s Not Pretend: Cold Climates Can Be Brutal on Figs You fell in love with figs. Maybe it was that first homegrown bite, or maybe it was the idea of a Mediterranean tree thriving in your backyard. And then reality hit: winter. Not the “sweater weather” kind—real winter. Freezing temps, biting winds, icy mornings. The […]
The Sweetest Obsession It started, like most great obsessions, with failure. I bought my first fig tree from a local nursery on a total whim—Kadota, if I remember right. I was in my twenties, living in a duplex with more enthusiasm than gardening knowledge, and the tag said something like “Sweet honey flavor. Low maintenance.” […]