I’ll never forget the afternoon last spring when Margaret from my garden club stood beneath my young white mulberry and delivered the news with absolute certainty: the nursery had sold me three trees in one pot. She walked me slowly around the trunk, pointing at the leaves like a prosecutor presenting evidence. Here was a … Read more
Two summers ago, my neighbor Ruth sold her house. The first thing the buyers mentioned at the fence was that the 40-year-old mulberry shading her back porch was “coming down for a patio.” That tree had fed my family jam for a decade — half its canopy hung over my side. I had exactly one … Read more
I’ll never forget standing in my backyard on a gray February afternoon, holding a young mulberry sapling and genuinely panicking. The nursery tag said it was “cold hardy,” but I lived in Zone 5, and I’d just read three different websites that each claimed something different about mulberry growing zones. One said my variety would … Read more
The weeping mulberry tree has captured my heart for over a decade. Its graceful, drooping branches create an almost ethereal presence in any landscape, and unlike many ornamental trees, it actually produces delicious fruit. If you’re considering adding one to your garden, I want to walk you through everything I’ve learned about successfully growing and … Read more
Two summers ago, my mulberry trees looked embarrassing. The leaves were pale and smallish, the fruiting was sparse, and one of my three trees had barely put on any new growth at all. I had been gardening for years, but…
Last spring, I lost nearly half my mulberry grafts in a single season. The culprit? Cheap, brittle grafting tape that either snapped under tension or suffocated the union by refusing to break down naturally. If you’re researching a grafting tape…
Last spring, I nearly lost two of my younger mulberry trees to inconsistent watering. I was hand-watering a small orchard of ten trees every other day, and honestly, life kept getting in the way. Finding the right drip irrigation kit…
Last spring, I walked out to check on my young mulberry saplings and felt my stomach drop. Two of my most promising trees had been completely stripped of bark near the base. Deer had been at them overnight, and the…
If you’ve ever watched a tray of mulberry cuttings slowly turn brown and die, you know exactly how demoralizing it feels. I lost two full batches last spring before I finally started researching Hormex rooting powder mulberry cuttings as a…
Last spring, three of my established mulberry trees started showing pale, yellowing leaves despite regular feeding. I’d been growing mulberries for over six years, and something was clearly off. After ruling out pests and overwatering, I started suspecting my soil…
