Garden Detective: prepping fig trees for winter

December 22, 2012 1:41 AM By JESSICA DAMIANO jessica.damiano@newsday.com

Marie Simmons, author of quot;Fig Heaven,quot; in her

Photo credit: AP, 2004 | Marie Simmons, author of "Fig Heaven," in her garden in Richmond, Calif.

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DEAR JESSICA: I grew up with a father who for years painstakingly prepped our fig tree for winter. After years and years of this, he said, "No more; let's see what happens." We still had the most delicious figs, and the one tree multiplied into a bush that covered the entire back of the garage! I am a novice, therefore I am covering my tree. This is my problem: I have tied it, covered it in burlap...

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