Gardening Know How on MSN

Pruning fig trees – The simple healthy cuts that bring years of bountiful harvests

The secret to the perfect fig is in your shears. A few strategic cuts turn a tangled thicket into a high-yielding masterpiece ...
AOL

How to Prune a Fig Tree for an Abundant Harvest, According to Horticulturists

Fig trees (Ficus carica) thrive in USDA hardiness zones 8 through 10, though they can also grow in colder areas with proper protection. In addition to providing shade and beauty to your yard—not to ...
The Times of Israel

Why fig trees were the model for the fruit of the Tree of Knowing Good and Evil

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Smithsonian Magazine

In California, the Search for the Ultimate Wild Fig Heats Up

A booming market has specimen hunters tracking down rare new varieties of the ancient fruit By Jacob Roberts Photographs by Christie Hemm Klok David and Priscilla Burke's daughter Aoibheann with a ...
Cyprus Mail

Cyprus’ buffer zone fig tree

‘We’ve had 50 years of division; 50 years of failure. 50 years of the same conversation, over and over again’ In the middle of No Man’s Land, there stands a lonely fig tree. Each summer, its fruit ...