fig fruit

When I first planted my Violette de Bordeaux fig trees here in San Diego, I had no idea I was embarking on what would become one of my most rewarding agricultural relationships.

There’s something almost magical about walking through my orchard on a warm August morning and spotting those first amber-colored figs hanging heavy

When visitors tour our exotic fruit farm here in sunny San Diego, they often stop dead in their tracks when they spot my towering fiddle leaf figs. “

There’s something almost mythological about working with figs in Southern California. When I first planted my Olympian fig trees—what botanists call

When I first planted my Italian Honey fig tree in the sun-drenched corner of my San Diego grove, I had no idea this Mediterranean beauty would become one

You know, when folks visit my orchard here in sunny San Diego and spot my sprawling Ficus carica specimens laden with those gorgeous purple-brown drupes

I’ll never forget the morning I walked through my orchard and noticed peculiar brown spots dotting my prized Black Mission figs. My heart sank.

Have you ever stood beneath your fig tree, admiring its beautiful lobed leaves, only to wonder why you’re getting such a measly harvest? Trust me, I’

There’s something almost magical about reaching up into the branches of a mature fig tree on a warm summer morning and plucking a perfectly ripe

There’s something almost magical about plucking a sun-warmed fig straight from the branch, feeling its delicate skin yield under your fingers, and