A fruit tree guild sets all your plants up for optimal growth by creating a mini-ecosystem. Imagine growing your own backyard fruit orchard, but without having to do much in the way of pest control, ...

Touch the fruit. Not all figs show obvious signs of ripening. Some, including the popular LSU Gold cultivar, remain green ...

In 2018, a massive fire swept through the seaside town of Mati, east of Athens, trapping people in their homes and on roads as they tried to flee. More than 100 people died, including some who ...

ATHENS, June 23 (Reuters) - Greece on Monday declared a state of emergency on Chios island, where hundreds of firefighters have been battling wildfires for a second day as winds further whipped up ...

ATHENS (Reuters) -Hundreds of firefighters were battling to contain wildfires at different locations on the Greek island of Chios for a third day on Tuesday after the island declared a state of ...

Thirteen helicopters and four firefighting planes were also deployed. Chios is one of the largest islands in the Aegean Sea, known for its resin-producing mastic trees.

Island authorities feared the fire was dangerously close to fields of valuable mastic trees, whose aromatic sap is used in making chewing gum, alcoholic drinks and pharmaceuticals.

Greece put the Mediterranean island of Chios under a state of emergency on Monday because of major fires that have raged since the weekend.

"But the wind really hasn't dropped." On Sunday, hundreds of asylum seekers were forced to move from a reception centre while seven villages were evacuated on Monday. Island authorities feared the ...

Chicago hardy (Ficus carica ‘Chicago Hardy’) is considered to be one of the hardiest edible figs, and is a very popular fig tree to grow in a pot, “This fig produces fruit on new wood, so it ...