So I can’t very well have a blog called PHIG without writing about growing figs in Philly. . . One of the wonder’s of Philadelphia’s fine fruit-growing climate is that we can grow certain subtropicals like the fig. South Philly is full of decades old fig trees brought over by immigrants from Italy and other [...]
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FRESH FIGS FOR COLD CLIMATES
Posted in Food Growing Techniques, Philadelphia Food Growing, tagged city, cold, container, fig, growing, microclimate, mulching, north, philadelphia, urban, wrapping on October 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »