Romping around the woods of MA for hours on end growing up, I used to eat a lot of wild blueberries. The little low bush ones about the size of a pea. Then one day I found a hill with high bush blueberries almost as big around as a dime. I called it blueberry hill of course.
40 years later, I buy this place in MO and what do I find? Both low bush and high bush blueberries. Never any ripe ones though because the birds and deer get to them before that. I did get to try a serviceberry that they missed and it tasted like a blueberry.
My goats have eradicated the blueberry bushes.(and the poison ivy)
I tried to get some hazelnut bushes but they sell out of many things within 24 hours. It's the closest thing to a tree nut without the 50 year wait. The wild hickory trees on the property are called bitternut hickory and as you can guess by the name, not very edible. The wood makes for some good smoked ribs though.
Just checked their website and they still have elderberry. Everything's $1.00 per seedling.
I need to start working on the fence around the garden and tunnel. For now, I'll use four cattle panels and stick the seedlings in there to keep the goats away. Will probably get some 1 or 3 gallon pots, put bigger holes in the bottom and bury them to make it easier to move them later. Need to see if I can find a Red Haven peach tree too. Might try some blueberries in the corner of the tunnel so I guess I ought to get some while they have them.
Hiking in the mountains (and on a section of AT I used to maintain) there are wild blueberry patches. One ridge I know of has blueberries on both sides of the trail which is pretty cool - we hiked it at the right time one year & had all we could eat. Of course, the bears love them too - we always keep an eye out. We did run into a mama with cubs one year in a berry patch, but that was wild blackberries (also delicious!). We’d been seeing fresh scat in the trail loaded with blackberry seeds & we finally caught up with the bears. One cub went up a tree (about the size of a Cocker Spaniel) - cute, but scary situation. I’m fairly sure there was a 2nd cub, too. We backed away & gave them plenty of room - she called the cub down & they all took off through the woods.
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Northern Pecan Cultivars
Shepherd, Oswego, Kanza look like good scab varieties. Not sure about commercial availability though. He sells scion wood, but is done for the year.
Quora discussion about pecans. With good care and a good location you could have pecans in 4-5 years.
Do not try to graft a pecan tree on hickory understock.