simy1 wrote:

what soil and light do you have? Bilberry and lingonberry want acid
soil. I suppose that if sorrel and rhubarb are thriving you may have
acid soil. We have Sherwin Dubren here who knows all about fruit
growing in the Chi area.

Thanks for the reference, but I am more knowledgeable with fruit trees.
I do grow raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries, but don't get
much into their technicalities. I would suggest that he come to our
Harvest Festival at the Morton Arboretum on Oct 15-16 where my
fruit growers club Midfex (Midwest Fruit Explorers) will be putting on
demos and giving advise on all kinds of fruit and berry growing for this
region. He can get more details at www.Midfex.org.


You could try gooseberry too, and of course
raspberries are easy. Find them all at Edible Landscaping (they have
lingonberry too, though mine never thrived). One way or another, the
local birds will thank you.