Across the Vina plains, tucked away in an unseen square of land south of Corning is Bob and Karen Steinacher’s epicurean secret, Maywood Farms. The Steinachers grow organic mission figs, Kadota figs ...

The local birds and I have been enjoying the main crop of my garden’s fig tree (Ficus carica “Black Mission”). The tasty experience pleases the bird and leads me to a review of this popular tree. My ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Figs are ripening at this time of the year, so we’ve been harvesting a few each day to include with our meals. As always, the birds have also been enjoying ...

We love our fig trees (Ficus carica), which have been cultivated for centuries, with archaeological evidence of their harvests dating back to Neolithic times. Native to the Mediterranean, today the ...