Hah, I love this! Yes, grow what grows easily. It's the way to go!
We'd spend many mornings and afternoons picking the elderberries. It's still something the kids talk about, even after all these years. And then we'd bring home buckets full, clean them together and make jams and syrup out of them. They'd be good for a year. We'd drink the syrup in a little bit of water. It's wonderful. They say it boosts the immune system. Not sure if it's true, but we were never sick, so it probably does. I'd give it to the kids at the first sniffle that could lead to a cold, and it usually stopped it in its tracks.