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We all know that trees are an important part of our climate efforts. But we usually envision this as lush forests soaking up ...
A passage from Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, now widely known online as the fig tree metaphor, has become a rallying cry for ...
Some carbon dioxide absorbed by fig trees gets turned into calcium carbonate within the wood and the surrounding soil, ...
Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new ...
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 ...
To preserve and grow Astoria’s diverse array of heirloom fig strains, Engel is hosting a fig tree scion exchange this Sunday. “Scion” refers to the branches that can be used to plant new trees.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A red panda that spent two days on the lam after escaping from an Australian zoo was recaptured Sunday after he was spotted hanging out in a fig tree in a nearby park ...
If you’ve got fig trees, listen up because there’s a new troublemaker that’s headed our way — the black fig fly (Silba adipata). Hailing all the way from the Mediterranean region, this ...
Should you eat figs if wasps have died inside of them? Here's everything you need to know about the fig-wasp relationship.