In the late 1800s, a Mediterranean tree began to take root in the United States when Italian immigrants began arriving in the country. Their suitcases were filled with things that reminded them of ...

A column I published earlier this year in January, about my encounter last fall with cherished fig trees grown on the Canadian border of Niagara Falls, attracted the keen eye of reader Gina Geiss of ...

The next best thing to having a productive fig tree in your own garden is to have Italian friends who have massively productive fig trees in their yards. This week my Italian friend Umberto Garbuio ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — For the Ficus trees among us, it’s time to go to sleep. So goes the “Burial of the Fig” ritual, an event happening virtually from Casa Belvedere’s Facebook page on Thursday, Dec.

WE take advantage of a recent treatise on fig-culture to enlarge and correct what has hitherto been taught about the biology of the fig-tree and its insect guest, Blastophaga. Our new information is ...

Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray. Bray’s Mermaid Arts Centre has opened a new restaurant, following a tender process that began in June, offering a “blank canvas” for the successful candidate to work with.