Planning for permanent agriculture just got complicated

Last week Wifey and I had a productive date day where we came home with 2 almond trees, 2 hazelnut starters, and 2 purple raspberry starters in addition to the chicken coop we went out for.

This weekend my mother-in-law visited and also told me that she'd purchased some plants for me for my birthday.  While it's a great gift that will, hopefully, keep on giving it is also poses an interesting problem from a planning standpoint.

She gave me the following:

• 2 elderberry starters
• 2 hazelnut starters
• 2 shagbark hickory starters
• 3 hardy pecan starters

Wifey also got me 2 almond starters for my birthday.

Wifey and I took a bit of a walkabout this afternoon to try to figure out where we're going to plant everything.  We've pretty well sorted out locations for about half of everything.

• Two almond trees will flank the driveway by the street.  They will hopefully not provide too much shade to the garden.
• The other two almond trees will flank the silver maple in the front.
• I need to drop a few trees in the woods in the back to provide some added light and space.  That will be the new home for the shagbark hickories.  Conveniently, I discovered another pignut hickory nearby to where one of those trees will be located.
• I need to drop what Wifey thinks is a cherry tree to make some room for one of the pecans.  That will allow us to plant on what I refer to as "the peninsula" which is a spit of land extending into the gorge on the way to the orchard.  The cherry needs to go, anyway, as it is dying and has a nasty lean anyway.