Hackberry trees don't have berries you eat. They're not like mulberries, they're hard little round things. Hackberry falls within the elm portion of the oak family, so they are subject to parasites like mistletoe. They also have lots of galls on the leaves. The trees seem to survive all of this stuff.

Cold and rainy and windy today, but supposed to be nice tomorrow. I made myself go out a couple of times today and I rounded up some cypress bark mulch, plus some topsoil and manure. Along with my compost and soil ammendments I'm gradually building up the soil here. But with this darned cold I have so little energy that I had to take naps between trips. [sigh] Tomorrow is supposed to be nice, but I'll limit myself to putting plants in the beds that were already dug, and putting down the mulch.

SRS