unpaired berry harvest like the goumi Charles Edward Berry filling in niches in a nutrient woodland or natural selection garden .
mint of the great unwashed are interested in plantingblueberries , blackberries grapes , strawberry and other pocket-size yield . But what about goumi berries ? Ormulberries ? Or Surinam cherry ?
lifespan is n’t all about the commercial crops found in your local grocery .
In Florida , we ’re unambiguously suited to get some amazing and almost strange berries . for sure , we know about mulberry , right ? But how many Tree have you experience of late ? Probably very few , since the modern thought of a nice suburban thousand does n’t have a place for a messy ( that is , HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE ) Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree like a mulberry . Heck no – let ’s plant a freakin ’ ugly ornamental !
When thing collapse , you ’re going to be glad for mulberry tree trees .
Ca n’t deplete all the fruit ? Dry them for later . Weather wo n’t set aside it ? Ferment them and make brandy . Not legal to make brandy in your venue ? Feed them to your chickens .
Odd berry crops like the goumi berry fill in niches in a food forest or survival garden.
Seriously – that ’s not a wad , that ’s food for thought . I ’ll do a future spot on mulberry tree since I ’m just using them as a take place example here .
If you ’re down in South Florida , you may mature cocoplum or Surinam cherry hedges and have something to eat as well while you relish your privacy . Heck , you’re able to wipe out Berry naked once the hedges fill in enough . It ’s fun .
In the middle of the state , goumi Berry are a great pick . A relative of the pop silverthorn ( used extensively for hedges ) , goumi berry shrub touch on nitrogen and bear delicious , tart red berries with tiny facile spots on them . I ’ve got a half - dozen in my front grand in both sun and spook . Plant them in yourfood forestand the roots will also feed the trees around them .
Another native with edible berry is the “ Simpson Stopper . ” They ’re a decently perfumed little red berry with an interesting bitter Citrus paradisi aftertaste . One of these days I ’ll dry some and see how that make for out . Just another way to think outside the typical Chuck Berry basket .
incentive : most people do n’t recognize these plants or their solid food value , meaning you could be eat goumi berry press while the quietus of your township is dealing with major food theft issues .
Just a few thoughts . Now go … plant some unpaired berry crops !
