Central Texas land produces more than grass if the trees are already there or if someone is willing to wait. Pecans are the obvious one. They show up in old pastures and along creeks. They take years. They also show up in the value conversation when a house sits on acreage instead of a quarter-acre lot. Other fruit trees (peach, fig, citrus in protected spots) appear on smaller places where someone has already done the work of watering and protecting them from the freezes.
This is not a claim that every acre should be planted. It is an observation that production capacity, established trees, and usable slope are features that standard residential comps often miss. The same self-sufficiency logic that prefers permitted raw milk and indoor microgreens applies here: something useful on the land you already control. The writing stays observational. Actual planting decisions depend on water, soil, and freeze risk that vary by site.
Raw milk preference and fruit trees sit next to each other because both are about what the place can produce rather than what a tract-home model assumes. Readers can examine the Cornload writing for the valuation side. This page stays on the land.