Bring the most attractive of the fruit, because they are easier to identify if they have few blemishes. This Halloween weekend show gives gardeners good opportunity to expand knowledge and begin planning a home fruit garden. Fruit trees come into nurseries and are shipped from catalog houses in late winter, January and February. Now is a good time to plan. Think of the open, sunny skies of eastern Washington.
All fruit needs sun to ripen to delicious sweetness.
First identify areas that get at least 6 hours of sun a day, even more if possible. Check the garden site for good soil drainage. Most fruit trees thrive best in well-drained soil. Don't plant where cold air will drain, such as at the bottom of a hill. Choose fruit adapted to western Washington.