It was late April, and my mulberry tree was absolutely exploding with new growth. I was out there with my pruning shears, doing what I do every spring — trimming back the wild branches, shaping it up, trying to keep it from taking over the entire corner of my yard. And suddenly, mid-snip, I stopped … Read more
It was a Tuesday morning in late September when I stood in my kitchen, staring at a small glass jar of pale green powder, wondering if I’d made a terrible mistake. Three months earlier, I’d been perfectly happy sipping mulberry leaf tea and occasionally taking an extract capsule. But then I got curious—the kind of … Read more
For months, my mulberry leaf tea was a complete gamble. Sometimes it tasted smooth and grassy. Other times it came out bitter and flat. I had no idea what I was doing wrong — until I realized my old kettle…
If you’ve spent any time researching the best mulberry leaf tea bags vs loose leaf options, you already know the rabbit hole goes deep. I fell into it hard last spring. My doctor had flagged my post-meal blood sugar numbers…
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…
I have been growing mulberry trees for years, and for most of that time I treated the leaves as an afterthought — something the tree produced in abundance that I composted or ignored while focusing on the fruit. That changed when I started researching traditional uses of Morus alba and discovered that mulberry leaves have … Read more
I went down a mulberry rabbit hole on YouTube that led me to three forum threads, two conflicting blog posts, and a lot of contradictory advice. Eventually I just started testing things myself and documenting what actually worked in my yard, in my climate, with my soil. That hands-on trial-and-error is what this guide is … Read more
Most people plant whatever mulberry sapling is available at the local nursery without realizing that variety selection is one of the highest-leverage decisions in the whole process. In my work advising home orchardists, I’ve seen the same planting mistakes repeated — and the frustration that comes years later when a tree underperforms because of a … Read more
Everything in my kitchen starts with the question: what’s the most shelf-stable, most nutritious form I can preserve this in? With mulberries, that question led me deep into fermentation — wines, vinegars, and lacto-fermented preserves that outlast any jam by months and develop flavor profiles I never expected from backyard fruit. But somewhere between my … Read more
I got obsessed with mulberries after eating a handful off my neighbor’s old tree on a walk and realizing I’d never tasted anything like it. Six months later I had a sapling in the ground and no real plan. Everything I’ve learned since then came from doing, failing, adjusting, and doing it again. One of … Read more
