Thank you all for your warm welcomes!
Gary, I have 2 fig trees that I bought this year. They are in a pot right now, on our front porch, hiding from the recent downpour. I hope they will not die because of my incompetency and live to come out of dormancy in the spring.
I have a very black thumb... all the fruit trees planted by the previous house owner are alive and doing well. All the trees that I've planted since moving in have either died or growing very pathetically. However, I am persistent, if nothing else :). This year I have planted 2 pear trees, and a loquat tree. So far so good!