Ruth Nakamura · August 6, 2026
I got two emails in one week that made me sit back and laugh — not at my readers, but at how a single variety of mulberry tree has managed to become something of a folk legend that doesn’t quite match reality. The first email came from a reader who’d found the Illinois Everbearing Mulberry … Read more
Ruth Nakamura · August 6, 2026
Every so often, I get a comment on one of my variety posts from someone deep in the backyard fruit-collector world, asking how Chiang Mai 60 stacks up against Austrian or Brazilian mulberry for taste. These are not names you will find at a garden center — they circulate through scion-trading forums and small specialty … Read more
Ruth Nakamura · November 6, 2025
Can you actually grow a fruit tree when all you have is a small patio or apartment balcony? Absolutely — and dwarf mulberries are exactly why. I’m Ruth Nakamura, and across fifteen years and twelve cultivars in my Pacific Northwest garden I’ve watched compact mulberries produce surprisingly heavy crops in spaces that could never accommodate … Read more
