"Growing Figs in Cold Climates is a welcome addition to our library from Lee Reich, our fruit guru. We have grown this delicious fruit on Maine's chilly coast, but Lee shows us how to do it even better."
―Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman, farmers, Four Season Farm, authors

"How far insightful horticultural knowledge can take us! Lee Reich has just talked me into trying to grow figs. Plant wisdom thrives in Growing Figs in Cold Climates. Clear instruction, backed with appropriate choice of methods for one's location, opens the doors on fig potential. Truly, to eat a fresh fig is to dine with the gods."
―Michael Phillips, Holistic Orchard Network, author,
The Apple Grower and The Holistic Orchard

"All gardeners need to take a look at Growing Figs in Cold Climates by Lee Reich. There is so much information applicable to growing any fruit that even if you don't want to grow figs, you won't regret the read. Here is an example of the perfect "how-to" gardening book. It is clearly written, with so many beautiful photos and expertly drawn illustrations, it could be a coffee table book and not just the next have-to-have gardening book. By all means, add Growing Figs in Cold Climates to the Lee Reich shelf in your bookcase. If you don't have such a collection get on it, ASAP!"
―Jeff Lowenfels, Lord of the Roots, author,DIY Autoflowering Cannabis

"For those who like to push the standard boundaries of suggested growing zones, Lee Reich's tribute to the mighty fig is a monumental and easily digestible resource. From pruning to pests to pairings, Reich's open love letter to the fig is full of insider tips on how to bring the familiar taste of the Mediterranean closer to home. Warning: There may be a Brown Turkey or Italian Honey in your hoop house future!"
―Jules Torti, editor-in-chief, Harrowsmith magazine, author,Trail Mix: 920km on the Camino de Santiago

"Happily for fruit lovers, expert grower Lee Reich has turned his attention to figs. This latest volume offers multiple methods for producing a bountiful fig harvest in frigid climes, even without a greenhouse. You'll learn how to grow the luscious fruit in containers or in the ground, how to prune judiciously, choose the right cultivar, and much more. This detailed guide is yet another of Reich's indispensable additions to the gardener's bookshelf. Be sure to add it to your own library."
―Rebecca Martin, Mother Earth News magazine

★From Minnesota to Moscow — how to grow fresh figs in cold climates.

Growing Figs in Cold Climates is a complete, full-color, illustrated guide to organic methods for growing delicious figs in cold climates, well outside the traditional hot, arid home of this ancient fruiting tree. Coverage includes:

Five methods for growing figs in cold climates including overwintering
Cultivar selection for cool and cold climates
Pruning techniques for a variety of methods of growing figs in cold climates
Pest problems and solutions
Harvesting, including ways to speed ripening, identify ripe fruit, and manage an overabundance
Small-scale commercial fig production in cold climates.
Fresh figs are juicy, full-bodied, and filled with a honey-sweet flavor, and because truly ripe figs are highly perishable, they are only available to those who grow their own.

By choosing the right cultivars and techniques, figs can be grown across cool and cold growing zones of North America, Europe, and beyond, putting them within reach of almost every gardener. Easy and delicious — if you can grow a houseplant, you can grow a fig.

Lee Reich, has a PhD in Horticulture from the University of Maryland and an MS in Soil Science and a BA in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin. A syndicated gardening columnist, Lee is the author of The Ever Curious Gardener and numerous other books. He blogs from his "farmden" in New Paltz, NY.