The National Garden Bureau designated 2026 as the “Year of the Ficus.” Your first thought might be the weeping fig (Ficus benjamina), the most commonly grown indoor ficus tree. Truth be told, the ...

Leon is a young, aspiring gaming journalist from the city of Lincolnshire, England. Since the early years of his life, he has been obsessed with gaming, stemming from his initial introduction through ...

If you've ever assumed a backyard full of fruit trees isn't your gardening style, you're not alone. Maybe you love the idea of growing fresh, juicy citrus. But you've always figured you don't have the ...

Ashley Sweeney and her friend Lauren Hinojosa knew they were in for a different kind of drink night when they planted themselves at The Growler Exchange Midtown on a recent Wednesday. The two San ...

Make your holidays extra festive with this edible pull-apart Christmas tree! Soft, golden dough filled with gooey cheese and herbs, baked into the perfect holiday party centerpiece. Easy, fun, and ...

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When LAist senior editor Suzanne Levy discovered there was a fig tree in her new backyard, she was thrilled. She didn't realize she'd be sharing its bounty with a tenacious sweet-toothed squirrel. The ...

Nils Bernstein is a food, drink, and travel editor and writer based in Mexico City. He is the food editor for Wine Enthusiast and has written for such publications as Bon Appétit, Epicurious, Food & ...

Elisha Wise will receive funding from the White Rose College of Arts and Humanities (ARCH) from October 2025. In chapter seven of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar (1963), protagonist Esther Greenwood ...

A photograph that has spread on Reddit and Facebook for years allegedly showed a bonsai tree that survived the United States' bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II. Captions paired with the ...

A couple of weeks ago, we talked about fig trees that thrive in our Southeast Texas climate and yield bountiful harvests. Thanks to this year’s wonderful weather, our fig trees are bursting with fruit ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new research has found. The team of Kenyan, U.S., Austrian, and Swiss ...