STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — On the “to do” list for this weekend for the Toths of Westerleigh: remove the buckets and wrapping from the fig tree in the yard to unleash a new season. The time will ...

Question for Dan Gill: My fig tree is plentiful with green figs; however, they are not ripening. By this time in previous years, figs were beginning to ripen. Others in Metairie, where we live ...

Grow the young fig trees in containers in a sunny location ... PRUNE ROSES: Plan to prune your repeat-flowering roses over the next few weeks (this needs to be done by mid-February).

Q: My fig tree has gotten frostbitten badly ... I have a weed in my flowerbed that is in bloom now with really long roots that make it impossible to dig out. Weed killers haven’t worked ...

Is there a great secret in getting a fig tree to bear fruit ... There are shades of lilac, pink, white and red; single or double flowering varieties; and varying heights from 6 inches to 2 ...

The ovules are inside the flowers, as they are in other flowering plants. But on a fig tree the flowers themselves are tucked inside an unripe fruit. It’s an inside-out bouquet of up to 10,000 ...

You also limit the blooming cycle when this is done ... "I moved to Arizona in 1972, and I have had fig trees in the yard of every home (four) I have lived in. I have been at my current address ...