I would love to go visit the Wolfskill experimental fruit orchards in Winters, CA, but I have two questions:
1) When would be a good time to visit?
2) How do you arrange a visit? I looked on the Wolfskill website and the only contact information I could find was for Katherine Pope. I emailed her, but received no response.

How do deer and figs get along? I've been offered a nice hillside to grow some berries/fruits on, but there is evidence of deer nearby. Will I be fighting a loosing battle, or could I grow figs with deer nearby? Any recommendations as to whether I should fence the whole field, or just put mesh circles around individual trees?

Thanks in advance.