You won’t believe what’s hiding inside your favorite fruit. You might think you know figs—those sweet, squishy bites of heaven tucked inside your favorite energy bar or drizzled over goat cheese. But fig trees? Whole other story. These ancient, twisty, moody plants have secrets. Weird ones. Wonderful ones. Some of them are borderline shocking. Let’s […]
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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.” […]