Adding fruit trees and bushes

     With our property very open, with no more standing large trees in the yard, we have plenty of room to add a small orchard and a bunch of berrying bushes to our yard. This is something I wish we would have done years ago but just now really started getting into "growing our own" food.
     Recently we bought 6 blueberry bushes, bare root stock that is 3 years old. We will see some berries on it but it will take a few more years before they are heavily covered in berries. We had already 2 Tophat variety and purchased 2 Jersey, 2 Toro, and 2 Bluecrop. The one we have and the Jersey are tiny berries, good for eating of course but also great for baking. If you ever baked with the big berries you know what I mean. They are messy, but the tiny ones work perfectly. The Toro and Bluecrop of large berries. We made sure to have 2 different varieties that flower at the same time to help with cross pollination. We were lucky enough to purchase them as bare roots from the nursery at the right time, as it was we got them half off. The lady had said, once they go into pots they double in price. We did pay a little more than I would have liked but I got to pick out the ones I wanted, plus I got to see the root system. I had no idea how to pick the "right kind" of plant and made sure to ask the man who helped me what to look for. He talked about how it is best to get plants that have a few canes as opposed to have only 1 or 2, lots of buds, and nice root system. I felt bad because I picked up just about everyone and gave it a good look over, but at least I know I got the best ones.
     I know where I am planting these, however there is so much that I need to do before I can plant them in their permanent spot, so for now they went into big black nursery pots that I acquired for free from the same nursery I purchased the plants at.
     I want to try a permaculture raised bed for the blueberry bushes from the pine tree we took out last fall. I was originally going to use it for raised beds along our property line but after reading what woods are best I nixed that idea and thought it would be best for the blueberries since pine is acidic and blueberries are acid loving plants.
     We also picked up a semi-dwarf, super sweet, nectarine tree. It is already taller than me and has lots of buds on it. I still need to put it in the ground but alas it is currently raining out, so it will have to wait.
     We bought a 4-1 pear tree and a 5-1 apple tree a few years back, but still haven't gotten fruit from them yet. 2 years ago we put in pomegranate, cherry trees, and pawpaw trees. These will take awhile also before we get fruit from them. That is the price for buying new plants as oppose to paying a lot more for ready to go trees. Plus we have Meeker raspberry canes that I purchased from a lady off of Craigslist, the Quinalt strawberries I planted last fall after taking out 4300 unknown strawberry plants, and rhubarb.I also have a fig tree and kiwi starts that a lady gave me.
     We plan on adding other fruits too, just haven't gotten that far yet.