Plants
Native and Homesteader Plants
USA Duck Team distributes native perennial plants, seeds, and rooted cuttings to homesteaders, backyard farmers, and our partner farm network. Our plants are selected to work directly with duck and rabbit systems — providing hawk cover, forage, soil improvement, and food production while requiring minimal inputs once established. We also distribute native seed packets to our partner farm network as part of our silvopasture and wetland grazing program. All plants are locally sourced where possible to support landrace and locally adapted varieties.
Our Featured Product: The Native and Homesteader Plant Bundle — $25
Our plant bundle is the best deal in Midwest permaculture. For $25 you get up to 14 plant types from this list:
40 Aronia berries, 2 pawpaw fruits, 20 American Wild Persimmon seeds, 10 Ginkgo Biloba fruit, 2 Jerusalem Artichoke tubers, 20 Serviceberries (June Berries), 20 Pixwell Gooseberries, 20 wild raspberries, 20 Carmine Jewel Bush Cherries, 10 Chestnuts, 30 Elderberries, 1 rooted Triple Crown Thornless Blackberry, 1 rooted Native Kansas Black Raspberry, 3 Chicago Hardy Fig cuttings, 3 Bob Gordon Wild Elderberry cuttings, 3 Freedonia Black Grape cuttings.
Not all items are available in every bundle — contents vary by season. Each bundle comes with planting instructions. Contact us to order or to check current availability. Local pickup in Kansas and Missouri only.
How to Plant Your Bundle
Bare root plants (Wild Black Raspberry, Triple Crown Blackberry): Put them in dirt immediately — pot them indoors or plant outside where they will grow. Blackberry and raspberry prefer full sun but tolerate shade.
Easy-to-root cuttings (Grape, Elderberry, Blackberry, Carmine Jewel Bush Cherry, Gooseberry, and others): Stick them in the ground halfway down. Can go outside now or store in the fridge until spring. Start in water or dirt.
Hard-to-root cuttings (Aronia Berry, Fig, Lilac, Jujube): Store in the fridge until spring unless you have strong grow lights. Use rooting hormone if available and look up the “Fig Pop Method” online. These need air on the roots — do not start in water.
Pawpaws, persimmons, berries, and nuts: Plant the whole fruit with its seeds and keep the seeds with the pulp. Protect nuts from squirrels. Try separate pots so you know which is which, or gamble and put everything in one big garden bed.
To pick one up, contact us via the information on the contact page.
Why Native Plants in Duck Systems
Ducks and native plants are natural partners. Ducks provide manure that fertilizes the plants, graze on leaves and insects around the base of shrubs, and benefit from the cover that taller plants provide against aerial predators. A well-planted duck pen dramatically reduces hawk losses and creates a more sustainable, lower-input production system. Jerusalem Artichoke, Elderberry, American Plum, Rose Mallow, Cattail, and Cup Plant are all distributed to our partner farm network for this purpose through our SARE-funded silvopasture program.
Availability
Plant bundles are available for local pickup in Kansas and Missouri at farm events, livestock auctions, and by appointment at our Kansas City, KS headquarters. We also sell at farmers markets and agrotourism events — check our Contact page for upcoming availability. Plants can be shipped, but only to Kansas addresses.