Amateur Gardening

Focus on… Growing figs

FORGET fig rolls as your source of consumption – fresh figs are where it’s at! Naturally sweet, with that unique soft and crunchy combination, how exactly do you secure such a sublime harvest?

The plant of plenty

Have you heard that a fig’s yield is fickle? To reassure you, the three mature fig trees that I grow have more than 200 fruits each this year so that’s hardly fickle! Just understand that, originating from western Asia, the common fig (Ficus carica) prefers things hot.

“You only need one tree for perfect fruits”

In its native climes its closeness to the equator allows it to grow and yield almost continually. In the temperate UK (unless overwintered in a

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