Blackberries will produce within the first year. The fruit is great fresh eating, in jams, or jellies, and makes fabulous, fabulous wine. The leaves of the plant make a nice tea. They grow throughout most of the US, but watch the video to see where you DON’T want to plant this.
Marjory Wildcraft is an Expedition Leader and Bioneer Blogger with The [Grow] Network, which is an online community that recognizes the wisdom of “homegrown food on every table.” Marjory has been featured as an expert on sustainable living by National Geographic, she is a speaker at Mother Earth News fairs, and is a returning guest on Coast to Coast AM. She is an author of several books, but is best known for her “Grow Your Own Groceries” video series, which is used by more than 300,000 homesteaders, survivalists, universities, and missionary organizations around the world.
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What about deer? They are a real problems around here.
Deer are definitely one of the easiest food sources… LOL.
Well, actually they are fairly hard to hunt once you want to eat them.
Deer eating gardens and landscaping is a problem everywhere. Check out the ‘Dogs’ section of the Grow Your Own Groceries Video set for the best way to protect from deer that I’ve found.
Blackberries are super nutritious, too, with very high ORAC scores.
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-berries/