What to Expect, What to Celebrate, and Why It’s Worth the Wait Let’s be honest—when you plant a fig tree, you’re not just planting a tree. You’re planting hope. You’re imagining sun-warmed figs right off the branch, soft and jammy, maybe with bees buzzing lazily in the background. So it’s only natural to ask, “Okay, […]
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 […]
I still remember the first time I laid eyes on a Tiger Panaché fig. I was walking through a small nursery stand at a fall market—half looking for herbs, half just killing time—and there it was: a tiny fruit, striped like a watermelon in miniature, dangling from a lanky potted fig tree. It didn’t even […]