Filaree Fruit

Filaree Fruit is a small diverse orchard located on a bench of land above the Okanogan River valley. After more than 30 years as a certified organic farm, Filaree has developed a rich living soil and large healthy trees. The ten acres of Filaree Fruit are tended using a variation of swidden agriculture, wherein crops are grown in long rotations of fruit, nut, and shelter trees. These rotations are interrupted with shorter periods of use as smaller garden plots and pasture. Over time this system has proven effective for producing commercially viable quantities of marketable crops. It also offers some of the myriad other benefits of a forest, including pleasant habitat for humans and other animals, firewood and lumber, local climate moderation. Perhaps most importantly, this system also builds the soil through an increase in organic matter and soil life. Filaree Fruit currently offers more than 30 varieties of heirloom apples, beginning in mid-July with Vista Bellas, Nickajacks and King Davids in the late summer, and Winesaps and Arkansas Blacks through late fall. Peaches are ready from mid-July through September, along with nectarines, and several varieties of plums. Please check in often because something new is ripening every week. Since 2010 Filaree Fruit has been owned and worked by JC and Amber Kauffman, along with their daughter Hazel. They plan to continue the farm's tradition of growing beautiful fruit while having a fun time tending it.