So why the picture of sticks? Last week, we went to the Small Farm Conference in Columbia, MO. While there we met a man that raises elderberries, he also buys them and pays what we thought was a pretty good price for them. We talked a lot with him about how to grow them, what kind of yields to expect and so on. The picture is of the elderberry starts that we bought. He said if you put them in water, they will grow roots and leaves. In the spring we will plant them in the ground.
The guy we talked to said he started out with 16 sticks and now has 32 acres of elderberries. We bought 8. He also gave us a couple of smaller sticks. And, when I got home, I found out that a neighbor is planning to cut down one of his elderberry bushes, so we'll have all sorts of sticks to start off of that. We thought we'd plant some in the front yard at our place this year just to see what we can do. Then if all goes well, we will start putting them up at our son's place in Dallas next year.
God Bless You All!
~Grama Sue
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