Question for Jeff:
You mention peaches. I love peaches and was considering buying a few trees (to not have to wait for the tree to grow. Is there anything special that has to be done to make sure the tree will take in the soil? I assume being in the southeast, that peaches would be one of the easier ones to grow.
For everyone else:
Does anyone else see it as a good idea to grow wild edibles? By that I mean, plant that you find growing wild, just transplant them and cultivate them, rather than buying seed.
I had some wicked blackberry bushes growing somewhere I really didn't want them in the yard. So I dug a them up and carefully transplanted them so they are growing just inside the palmettos bordering the property (palmetto hearts also being edible). Thus giving me a privacy fence (palmettos), natural razor wire (blackberry bushes), plus some berries to eat. Although they aren't as big as commercially grown ones (isn't that how it is with natural/non-hybrid plants anyway? They're smaller than genetically altered plants, and can grow some really weird shaped fruit, but aren't sterile?
I also have managed to replace about 60% of my lawn with naturally growing clover. I think it looks nicer, isn't as hard and sharp as the grass down here, and I don't have to mow often.
I need to get the spinach and green beans going, but they've been kicking my ass (I'm told they are hard to grow, anyway).
