Plant the pit: After stratification, fill a small pot with well-draining potting soil. Plant the pit about 1 inch deep in the soil. Water the soil and place the pot in a sunny location. Keep the soil ...

I like maximising growing space for food crops, so in this example, I have a fig tree growing in a container with an undergrowth of banana mint! The mint helps as a companion by keeping the weeds and ...

Don't toss that supermarket lemon. Learn how to grow lemon trees (Citrus x limon) from seeds to produce one of the most fragrant flowering trees around.

No doubt you’ve seen your share of hollies this month — in wreaths and boughs or perhaps on holiday cards and catalog covers. But are they growing in your garden?

As cities grow and natural habitats shrink, urban wildlife must adapt to rapidly changing environments. A new study published ...

When a young boy went missing near his mother’s rice field in Indonesian Borneo, the entire village searched for him. After ...

Hardy figs behave differently than traditional orchard crops. In much of Ohio, the above-ground wood is killed back during ...

As we approach the new year, I find myself thinking about fresh starts in the garden.

You can have a refreshing green space even with a small area. Select fruit plants with great potential to thrive in a pot to ...

Discover the bearcat, a rare forest mammal whose survival depends entirely on the strangler fig. This nocturnal climber ...