Hi, Nick.
Thanks for offering to help. How far away are you from Dixon? The reason why I ask is because I don't have a lot in the ground right now so profit sharing this summer will be less than you'll probably be spending in gas. If you're in it for the
experience, then by all means come on down (or up)! I have so many plans for this place and so little time. I currently have a few sapling fruit
trees (
apple, peach, apricot, pear, and a ton of
volunteer mulberries). I also have a few mature walnut trees, wild gooseberries, and wild raspberries. Mostly, it's just grass/alfalfa and random "weeds" (useful plants nobody likes).
I'd like to develop it into half orchard/half annuals/pick-your-own berries area. The orchard would be interplanted with nitrogen-fixing/fruit bearing trees (mostly seabuckthorn) and ideally, once I have the orchard area fenced in, I'd like to run a couple of pigs and some chickens/guineas/ducks/geese through there to keep the floor clean and the bugs down. The annuals/u-pick area would be on the other half. I'm thinking of limiting the u-pick section to berries only so the annuals don't get trampled and the ground compacted. That, and berries take a while to pick and go bad fast so it's better for people to pick on demand.
I'm open to new ideas/suggestions. I jumped in head-first (Chicago transplant), so am learning as I go.
If this sounds like something you'd like to be a part of, please PM me and we can discuss further.
Thanks again!
-Dee