Grapes! In progress! Just need the trellising laid out then I’ll buy a good vine (see my other post because I don’t know what to look for there and would appreciate tips).
Blueberries! In progress! I narrowed my choices down to a big ol’ Bluecrop and a big ol’ Elliot, both of which already forming blooms and are a good two to three feet tall (if I’m quick and get the big one I saw today). I might spring for a Sweetheart or two if these work, but those are only at a more expensive nursery for now so I’m not going to bother until I can prove I won’t kill them…Unless I should get one Sweetheart since it self pollinates and see if I kill a single one rather than two at a time…oh no overthinking moving on!
Rhubarb! ACHIEVED! Well, it’s bought anyway - I have to plant it still which means I have to figure out the soil conditions it needs first.
Strawberries! In progress! They just started shipping in (literally off the truck today at one place) so I need to figure out who has what so I can get a junebearing and an everbearing for a dual variety. I CANNOT WAIT.
Raspberries! The single one I had last year - either Jewel or Purple Royalty, forget which one died - SURVIVED THE WINTER so that’s a win! Might get more, but the current one is thorned which isn’t my favorite so we’ll see.
I’m also hoping to pop all the perennial fruiting things into one bed…but I assume they all like slightly different soil conditions. So, I want to make a gradient soil in the bed (if possible) to accommodate them, and put the most amiable plants next to each other. I just have to sort out which is what. Any advice there is appreciated! I could also do strawberry towers but I really don’t want to bring them in in the winter…thoughts on that too!
Anyway I’M SO EXCITED I MIGHT ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING THIS YEAR! It may not be trees ( 
) but it’s something! And hopefully I won’t kill them! Or at least won’t kill all of them!