After 2 years on my small 1 acre property in Texas, MIGHT have won a small jackpot...

[the86d]

Some won't know what these are on the west coast, but here we go... Google Lens has been HUGELY helpful, but ID'd Pokeberry as Virginia Tobacco, before it set berries, so watch it...

Beautyberries found on the 36 acres, so when I saw these on the 1 Acre I live on, I knew what they were...
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Found like 15 more of these bad boys this last month.
Apparently the deer love them, someone doing work at the house that pays for a deer lease told me...

2x Red mulberry, but missed it, until today, so I missed the fruit and harvest, as I lagged in getting back to the back part of the acre this year for plant IDs...

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A few Mockernut Hickory trees:
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AND Muscadines, Muscadines, Muscadines, all over the place...

Propped some up near the house on some old woven cattle-fence piece I cut from a roll embedded in roots on the property,
hopefully some of these 4 vines are female, or I might have wasted my time with my tribute to raising free vines up on high...
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We'll see, they are starting to flower now...
Tons more, but don't want to dump a bunch more pics.
Bought some pink flagging tape for marking the females, so I can propagate when they go dormant.
Apparently wild Muscadines are typically smaller than named, TM'd/Patented varieties, BUT GRATIS IS GRATIS, even if smaller.

I plan on starting a home-based nursery/plant propagation business with free (root)stock.
Maybe it'll carry over to the 36 acres, if I am ever able to move out there, and use that as part of the AG exemption (only counts for 10 acres+).

Got some Beautyberry, Mockernut hickory, and Juniper cuttings in some moist sand, and potting mix, after scraping off to the cambium, and dipping in rooting hormone, so we shall see...
Not sure if Cedar will root from cuttings, but I'm going to try...

[the86d]

We are set back 4 acres off a side-drag, surrounded by forest, so I piss where I want for the most part...
For the plants, of course...

[twinfin]

I’m not sure I understand; do people pay good money for these plants? Is that the idea??

[the86d]

I’m not sure I understand; do people pay good money for these plants? Is that the idea??

Some do, but free native food that grows wild, and propagation (duplication) is my immediate plan.

According to Grok: Rough Population Breakdown (estimated, as exact data is unavailable):

• Tract Homes (under 0.25 acres): ~50-60% of single-family homeowners, or 40-48 million people.
• Larger Lots (0.25-0.5 acres): ~20-30%, or 16-24 million people.
• Lots of 1 Acre or More: ~10-15%, or 8-12 million people.

I known that I've always dreamed of enough land to have a large garden, maybe some fruit and nut trees.

Wild muscadine grapes are apparently about this size, however can be larger, or smaller:
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I plan on taking some cuttings from the good producers.

I've actually got a seed and feed less than a mile away,
not sure if they would purchase these items, but they sell fruit trees and flowers and crap.
My neighbor works there...

I've done some research on strains of things that can be legally propagated, so if I were to buy say Carlos muscadine vines for propagation, I assume that would be a business expense? If I put on a wire/trellis, and have to prune anyways, the cuttings can then be rooted, and sold w/absolute minimal work put in.

If plants grow like weeds, and take care of themselves in this climate, virtually free money can be had, and free chow, also, as a byproduct (WIN-WIN-WIN)?

[twinfin]

Got it now. Sounds like a good plan.

That was an interesting breakdown on land ownership. I didn’t know only 10-15% of population lives on more than 1 acre. That will probably be the 10-15% that survive when the SHTF!