If you’ve ever tried growing mulberry trees from seed, you already know the frustration. Germination rates can be painfully low, and moisture control is everything. Last spring, I lost two full batches of stratified mulberry seeds simply because my old…
Last summer, I found myself standing in the kitchen with three pounds of freshly picked mulberries and absolutely no plan. I had done my Ball canning kit mulberry jam review research the night before, convinced I was ready. But staring…
Last summer, I watched birds strip my mulberry tree bare in under three days. I’m not exaggerating. One morning I had a tree heavy with deep purple fruit. By Wednesday, the branches were picked clean. That loss pushed me to…
Three months ago, my doctor flagged my fasting blood sugar as “borderline.” Nothing catastrophic, but enough to shake me. She recommended lifestyle changes — less refined carbs, more movement, and possibly some targeted supplementation. That conversation sent me down a…
Last spring, I stood in my backyard staring up at my mulberry tree and quietly dreading the next few hours. My hands were already sore from gripping my old bypass pruners, and I hadn’t even started yet. Every year, the…
Every summer, my mulberry trees go absolutely berserk. Within two weeks, I have more fruit than my family, my neighbors, and honestly my entire street could ever eat fresh. Last year I lost nearly three pounds of berries to mold…
That peaceful morning shattered when my gaze landed on the mulberry. Its once vibrant green canopy now appeared strangely translucent. Closer inspection revealed a devastating transformation: leaves were not just chewed, but intricately skeletonized, their chlorophyll stripped away. Indeed, countless minuscule pests, almost imperceptible at first glance, clung tenaciously to the leaf undersides. This sudden … Read more
For the first three years on this property, I grew exactly one mulberry tree. It was a volunteer that had seeded itself along the fence line, and I thought that was enough. I was wrong. That single tree dropped fruit…
The first few years after I planted my mulberry trees, I treated the ground beneath them like dead space. I mowed around the trunks, kept the soil bare, and figured the trees would do their own thing. They did —…
The first time I had a truly massive mulberry harvest — somewhere around year three on this homestead — I panicked. I stood in my backyard staring at forty pounds of freshly picked fruit with absolutely no plan. I processed…
