Fig Tree Winter Protection with Ross Raddi

InterviewWinter
Written By Steven Biggs - Fig Expert

Here’s a chat I had with fig expert Ross Raddi about figs in cold climates.

Ross is an innovative fig grower in PA who shares his fig adventures on his YouTube channel and on his website.

We chat about:

  • How I got into growing figs in a cold climate

  • My fig mentor

  • Protecting fig trees for winter

Find This Helpful?

Enjoy not being bombarded by annoying ads?

Appreciate the absence of junky affiliate links for products you don’t need?

It’s because we’re reader supported.

If we’ve helped in your food-gardening journey, we’re glad of support. You can high-five us below. Any amount welcome!

More Fig Growing Information

Fig Site

Fig Home Page
Fig Home Page

Books About Growing Figs in Cold Climates

Growing figs in a cooler climate? These books focus on how to grow figs where they won't normally survive the winter. Learn how to conquer winter and harvest figs!

Fig Books

Grow Figs Where You Think You Can't Grow Figs Where You Think You Can't
Sold Out
Grow Figs Where You Think You Can't
$19.95

Didn’t think you can grow your own figs in a cold climate? Here’s all you need to know to grow exotic fresh figs, even if you live somewhere with cold winters. Find out about choosing the right location, watering, pruning—and how to conquer winter. You’ll also learn about varieties, dealing with pests, and get tips from cold-climate fig experts.

Growing Figs in Cold Climates: 150 of Your Questions Answered Growing Figs in Cold Climates: 150 of Your Questions Answered
Growing Figs in Cold Climates: 150 of Your Questions Answered
$19.95

This book will help you apply creative “fig thinking” in your garden and harvest fresh figs even if you have a short summer or cold winters. With some fig thinking, you can harvest figs in areas where they don’t normally survive the winter! In this book, I share many of the questions I have been asked about growing figs in temperate climates, along with my responses.

Fig Audiobook

Find out how to grow figs in a cold climate while you drive, garden, or work out at the gym!

 

Fig Masterclass

Get Your Fig Trees Through Winter

And eat fresh homegrown figs!

More on Figs!
Fig Home Page    Articles     Courses     Free Fig Guide     Donate
Steven Biggs - Fig Expert

Recognized by Garden Making magazine as one of the "green gang" of Canadians making a difference in horticulture, Steven Biggs is a University of Guelph-trained horticulturist, former college instructor, and award-winning broadcaster and author.

He has been teaching gardeners how to grow figs in cold climates since 2011. But his interest in figs took off much earlier, in 1993, while working at a nursery with the UK National Collection of figs.

He’s the author of the first book about growing figs in cold climates, the award-winning Grow Figs Where You Think You Can’t. His articles about growing figs have appeared in Fine Gardening, Garden Making, and Edible Toronto.

When not in the garden, you might catch him interviewing fig experts for his Fig Culture podcast.

Previous

Cold-Climate Guide to How to Prune a Fig Tree
Next

Intro to Growing Figs in Cold Climates