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I am in a similar situation. Zone5b, WI, 11 acres of hardwood forest and cedar wetlands Planted/planting fruit and nut trees on the SW edge of the property.  I back some some of the trees/brush on SW edge of the woods to gain more open area.  3 years in, 20 trees in and 20 + more going in this year. So far it seems to be working well.

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Here on my parcel in Wisconsin the deer hit up acorns,  beech nuts,  browse on all the young Oak, Maple,  Aspen, Birch etc. Wild raspberries, Red Dog Wood and Sumac also get browsed pretty heavily.  On non native side the deer love our sprouting hostas in spring. They really hit the sunchokes as well. Recently introduced fruit/nut trees (plum apple, pear, peach, pecan and almond )which deer are already nibbling on any growth poking through the cages. Should be even better once we get fruit.

Thanks all for the helpful replies. Just looked at Eleangnus online and looks like you're spot on.

Much appreciated 👏

I should add, located in NE Wisconsin,  zone 5b.

Thanks again

Hey Folks,

Found this on our property.  It's the only one found and curious as to what it is.  Thanks in advance.

Very cool! Look forward to the results.

Nancy Reading wrote:Welcome!
I've only had 50% success with grafting apples and haven't tried other top fruit yet. I'm thinking of trying plums and cherries next year. I have bird cherry suckers coming up, which are easy to transplant. I'm nervous of grafting those, as we're told not to prune prunus when they are dormant, as they can get diseases easily (I'm based in UK). In principal do you use the same techniques?

Hello,

I use American Plum as rootstock for my stone fruit grafting as it is readily available, thrives in a variety of conditions encountered on our property and are vigorous growers.  So far i've had success grafting Peaches, Apricots, Hardy Almonds to the American Plum rootstock. Will be trying Cherry, Nectarine and other varieties of Plums next season.  I have also had very good success grafting various varieties of apples and pears in that winter early spring time frame here in NE Wisconsin, Zone 5b.  

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Hey Folks,

New member here. Been poking around for quite awhile and really enjoy the content of the site.  Been working on our place in Egg Harbor WI for about 9 years now. Property is a mix of hardwood forest (Mostly Oak, Maple, Beech, Birch and Aspen along with an area of dense pines. Also a large area of cedar wetland and a strip on open grasses/wildflowers. Slowly introducing fruit and other nut trees to the edges of the wooded areas. Looking forward to being a contributing member here!

Very early in the fruit/nut tree planting process at this property(only 15 various Apple, Pear, Peach, Plum plus couple hardy Almond and Pecans but looking forward to adding many more varieties next year. Have about 20 new varieties I've grafted and/or propagated being overwintered in the garage that'll be ready to go next fall.

It's great to have access to the experience of like minded Permis!

Be well all,