Since you have 2 acres and want trees.. why not make yourself a small orchard?
I have about an acre and a half in front of my house and about a half acre behind my house that seemed like i was spending alot of time mowing..
I have turned the half acre into thornless blackberry rows.
I am in the beginning stages of turning about an acre into an orchard. I chose mulberries, peaches and apples. I cannot find mulberries in the store, the peaches and apples are so hit and miss at the stores and roadside stands that i just want my own.
Peaches- O'Henry and Contender are my choices.
Apples- I am still narrowing it down but i think i will do a Grimes Golden, and a Gold Rush, maybe an Arkansas Black. Maybe a Golden Delicious for a pollinator.
All of my choices involve more work than mowing..its a hobby and i enjoy it. If the sound of tending and maintaining and pruning dont sound good then its probably not a wise choice.
If you are tired of mowing a certain plot, you can always sew in a few thousand common milkweed seeds along with perennial pollinator attractors. I have a plot like this and a walkway in the middle about 10ft wide... that way i can walk thru during spring and summer and see all of the bees and butterflies etc.. its very entertaining.
I have about an acre and a half in front of my house and about a half acre behind my house that seemed like i was spending alot of time mowing..
I have turned the half acre into thornless blackberry rows.
I am in the beginning stages of turning about an acre into an orchard. I chose mulberries, peaches and apples. I cannot find mulberries in the store, the peaches and apples are so hit and miss at the stores and roadside stands that i just want my own.
Peaches- O'Henry and Contender are my choices.
Apples- I am still narrowing it down but i think i will do a Grimes Golden, and a Gold Rush, maybe an Arkansas Black. Maybe a Golden Delicious for a pollinator.
All of my choices involve more work than mowing..its a hobby and i enjoy it. If the sound of tending and maintaining and pruning dont sound good then its probably not a wise choice.
If you are tired of mowing a certain plot, you can always sew in a few thousand common milkweed seeds along with perennial pollinator attractors. I have a plot like this and a walkway in the middle about 10ft wide... that way i can walk thru during spring and summer and see all of the bees and butterflies etc.. its very entertaining.