Fruitful Landscapes

10/06/2026

A few nursery updates! 🌱

I just added a new berry bush to the website — Brilliantissima Red Aronia! This one is grown more for its ornamental and wildlife value than for eating. It has the best fall color of all the aronias, plus bright red berries that add even more color and are great for wildlife. I only have 4 available, so don’t miss out if you want one!

We’re also officially sold out of Clove Currants and FE Pie Cherry trees for now. We do still have Sour Cherry Bushes available.

And I just added a new bulk discount for the Viking Aronia or Sour Cherry Bushes. They are only $20 each when you buy 5 or more. Both of these bushes make great hedges!

Don't hesitate to message me if you have questions about anything we have to offer.

10/02/2026

Last call on these Rosemary plants!

We've got a potential frost coming Monday night and I'm not inclined to overwinter all of these plants, so I'll probably end up harvesting quite a bit of this and leaving them outside to fend for themselves through the cold.

These are really easy to overwinter indoors if you give them just a bit of supplemental light and a bright window.

The second picture is one that we overwintered last year and it's really thriving now! That ones not for sale...

All the 1/2 gallon pots are $5 each and the 2 gallon bags are $10 each. There is one trailing rosemary left in a 1/2 gallon pot as well.

Get in touch if you'd like to pick some of these up!

10/01/2026

Fun Fact: In Europe, they love black currants so much that the purple Skittle is black currant flavored instead of grape! 😄

I have just 3 Risager Black Currant bushes available in 1-gallon pots for $10 each. One of them has dropped all of it's leaves already, but it's not dead, just sleeping! You can tell it's still a healthy plant by the bright green buds on it.

They may look small now, but black currants grow FAST and can easily reach around 3' tall and 5' wide within a few years.

A few reasons I love them:
• Extremely shade tolerant — they can still produce fruit with only a few hours of sun a day (more sun = more fruit!)
• One of the more deer-resistant berry bushes
• Self-fertile — you only need one
• Very easy to grow, manage and harvest
• Exceptionally high in vitamin C and antioxidants, including anthocyanins

Black currants have a strong, distinctive flavor that many Americans aren't accustomed to. They're excellent for jams, syrups and other preserves, although once you acquire the taste, they're pretty enjoyable right off the bush too!

Only 3 available — $10 each. First come, First served!

I may have some larger bare-root Risager currants available next spring, and should definitely have more by next fall.

09/30/2026

**** Update - All the $1 plants are gone. Down to the $5 Ranch & Johns****

Alright folks, I've got potted elderberry bushes for $1 each!

Help me clear these things out before the end of the season. I have three varities, but only the Adams are $1 each. The other two varities, Ranch & Johns are $5 each. All plants are in 1/2 gallon pots. You need two varities to cross pollinate and produce fruit.

This will be the last of me selling potted elderberries, as next year I'll be growing them out as bare root plants.

Send a message to schedule a time to come by and pick some up before they are all gone!

09/29/2026

Another thing we are getting low on for fall pickup is the FE Pie Cherry tree. There are only 2 left, so if you want to plant one this fall, I would suggest putting your order in today or asap.

This is a sour cherry tree that is grown on it's own root stock, so the suckers that come up will have the same quality of fruit as the main tree. It can easily grow into a large cherry thicket/bush, but can also be pruned to maintain a more traditional tree shape. Also, the suckers that come up can eventually be dug out and replanted elsehwere if you want more of them on your property.

We also have some dwarf sour cherry bushes as well, which is actually the picture shown. Check out the website for more info!

I'd put a link to the website in the post, but apparently Facebook now has a limit on how many times you can put a link in your post if you aren't paying them $50 a month, lol... Link is in our bio, or just search BerryBushShop and it should come right up.

09/28/2026

I received the best “compliment” today when I let someone taste a fresh Crandall Clove Currant right off the bush.

Their response: "It’s better than a blueberry!”

I have to agree, these are one of my favorite berries to eat fresh. They’re sweet, tasty and definitely not what most people expect when they hear “currant.” Not to mention they are much much easier to grow than blueberries...

If you’d like to add one to your yard this fall, don't wait long. I only have 7 left for fall pickup. Go to our website and order yours today!

09/26/2026

One plant that I have for sale that I don't believe I've mentioned is, Meadow Sweet!

The scientific name is Spirea Alba.

This is a native flowering bush that is extremely easy to grow. It flowers from June - September and attracts tons of pollinators.

It does extremely well in wet locations but can also handle dryer conditions. It also is very deer resistant.

If your looking for a native bush that is easy to grow and has plenty of ecological benefits, this is great plant! It's a great alternative to the very popular and non-native Japanese Spiraea.

Most of the ones I have are in 1/2 gallon pots, but I do have some in 3 gallon pots that I'll also let go for $5. First come first serve on the larger ones...

Right now is one of the best times to get these in the ground!

Get in touch if you want to come pick some up!

09/25/2026

I took a tour of Hammond Farms composting facility the other day and have to say, I was quite impressed with their operations. I’ve used tons of their compost over the years, so it was really cool to see what goes into it all.

While I appreciate having access to quality compost at a reasonable price and think they are doing an amazing job at diverting enormous amounts of materials from landfills, I did come away thinking it would be better if industrial composting facilities like this weren’t necessary.

A few things that really stuck out to me are that during their peak season, they go through roughly 9,000 gallons of diesel per week! Do the math on that…

Also, they mentioned that a few years back during the bird flu outbreak, MDARD reached out to them to help with disposing of all the chickens that were killed. In total, they composted 11 million chickens. That’s insane!

They also showed us a “depackaging” machine that takes all the food waste that is delivered to them daily from grocery stores and other organizations and somehow separates the food from plastic packaging. That machine alone cost $1 million. It definitely got me thinking about how much of that could be avoided if more people grew just a portion of the food they consume at home.

For safety reasons—and, I imagine, to speed up the process—their compost piles reach around 140 degrees and are turned many, many times, which causes large amounts of toxic gases to be released into the atmosphere.

I’m an advocate for slow composting, which means not turning your compost. This is not only better for the environment, but is also much less work and creates a compost that has more diversity of life in it.

Better yet, if you raise chickens at home, you don’t even need a compost pile, you can just feed your food scraps to the chickens! Not only is that much easier than managing a compost pile, but it also helps create less demand for mega chicken factories that are the main cause of things like bird flu and murdering of millions and millions of chickens every time there is an outbreak.

So, if you’re concerned about the environment, compost at home, keep chickens and grow more of your own food! Oh yeah, and don’t go bagging up those leaves this fall. Save them for the compost pile or chicken yard.

09/21/2026