I never knew that there was an explanation for this until I read the book, “The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath. The thing that stuck out the most to me was her analogy about a fig tree, which I related to ...

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Fruit plants can bring soluble fiber, the kind that gels in water and helps slow digestion, into everyday meals, and they turn patios and backyards into small orchards at the same time. From quick ...

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Two El Paso Independent School District students tied for first in the district’s annual Spanish Spelling Bee. After a back-and-forth contest spelling 50 words, ...

Since the fig forms its fruit on shoots that start to grow in the spring, it can be radically pruned in the winter without affecting the following year’s two crops. The first crop starts to grow in ...

The National Garden Bureau designated 2026 as the “Year of the Ficus.” Your first thought might be the weeping fig (Ficus ...

Fiddle leaf figs are gorgeous, but beginning gardeners should practice on this tall, low-maintenance houseplant first.