Growing Berries and Fruit Trees in the Pacific Northwest: How to Grow Abundant, Organic Fruit in Your Backyard

by Tara Austen Weaver

A beautiful guide to growing delicious fruit in Pacific Northwest climates, complete with selection, planting, and organic care for more than 75 cultivars of berries and fruit trees, as well as 10+ master recipes with variations for preserving your bountiful harvest.This complete guide to backyard fruit growing covers recommended varieties and climate info for the Pacific Northwest both west and east of the Cascades, ideal climates for growing berries and fruit trees. Also includes sidebars showcasing historical orchards, fruit enthusiast societies, gleaning organizations, and more. Includes several recommended cultivars of each of the following types of - strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, kiwi berries, plus less common berries such as lingonberries, elderberries, currants, gooseberries, jostaberries, and a section on wild berries. -Fruit apples, pears, Asian pears, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, plus less common fruit trees such as figs, persimmons, and quince.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction

224 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 29, 2019

About the author

Tara Austen Weaver writes about the big, wide world: food, travel, culture, the environment, art, and adventure in its many guises. A Northern California native, she has lived in five countries on three continents and is happiest either exploring with a notebook and camera, or spending the day in a kitchen learning how people feed themselves (the best stories always get told in the kitchen). Tara loves to write about farmers, environmentalists, artists, and other passion-driven individuals. She has a hard time picking a favorite spot on earth, but it might just be at 7,000 ft. in the backcountry. Or on a small island. Or in a sailboat. And definitely at a dinner table, surrounded by friends or intriguing strangers.

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Reviews

[Dylan Hargrove · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this author! My friend gifted me her little
Book of dahlias and I ate it up! Naturally I was stoked when a quick google search pulled up her other books, including this one. So much helpful information as I just moved to Seattle and have created a little garden on my
Patio of various fruits and veggies. Her writing style is engaging and there were so many resources packed into this book. I keep it on hand when I go to pick out new fruit trees now 😎

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Continuing my food/gardening obsession...

There's really nothing to say here: I wanted to learn how to grow fruit in the PNW climate, specifically. This book tells me how to do that. I now want peach and plum trees to go with my honeycrisp apple, fig and citrus trees.

Also, berries. Give me all of those too.

A lot of solid, climate specific information that I anticipate referencing a lot in the coming years. 4 stars.

[Emily Culver]

I mostly skimmed this book but it has a good amount of information on various trees and berries you can grow. It didn't have a ton of new information to me, but the pruning and maintenance sections of the berries were helpful.

[amypete · Rating 3 out of 5]

Learned a few things. We just planted some fruit trees and I want them to be successful!

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice mix of thoughts on berries & fruit trees for the Pacific Northwest, as well as some (minimal) selection ideas, and some very helpful thoughts on fruit preparation recipes and storage.

[Kathy Fletcher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read the parts about berries and gained some info. Made my mouth water. Will keep in mind if we put in any fruit trees as reference but mostly my focus is berries!

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like that this book is concise and focused, rather than encyclopedic. That's so much more practical for us beginning growers! I would have loved to get information about nut trees (hazelnuts!) as well, but will look for another resource for those. It's great to have a book by an author who is really knowledgeable about growing food in Western Washington.