Last summer, my neighbor Sarah stood in my backyard with a freshly picked black mulberry in her palm, looking at it like it might bite her. “So what do mulberries taste like?” she asked, hesitantly bringing it to her mouth. “Is it sweet? Sour? Will I regret this?” What I actually use: Year-round mulberry flavor … Read more
The first time I brought in a big bowl of mulberries from the backyard and set them on the counter, I noticed something moving. Tiny, barely visible, wriggling white specks in a few of the berries. I nearly dumped the whole batch into the compost and swore off homegrown fruit forever. But I held off … 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
If you’re looking for a complete guide to mulberry trees, you’ve found it. I’ve spent over a decade growing 12 different mulberry cultivars in my backyard, and I still remember the moment I first tasted a sun-warmed black mulberry straight off the branch. That single berry changed everything. I ripped out a struggling apple tree … 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…
Last spring, I was three trees deep into my annual mulberry pruning session when my old hand pruners finally gave up. The blade had gone dull, the spring was weak, and every cut required twice the effort it should. My…
Every mulberry season, I tell myself the same lie: “This year I’ll stay on top of the harvest.” Then July hits, the trees go absolutely wild, and I’m standing outside in the heat with purple-stained hands, picking berry by berry…
I have spent the better part of a decade growing mulberry trees, harvesting leaves, and testing virtually every way to use them. Mulberry leaf extract is the concentrated form of what makes those leaves remarkable — and the research supporting its benefits is genuinely impressive. Whether you are considering capsules, powders, tinctures, or simply brewing … Read more
Every mulberry season, I lose about a third of my harvest to the sky. My white mulberry tree has grown enormous over the past decade, and the best, fattest berries always cluster near the top — completely out of reach….
Every mulberry season, I end up with the same messy problem. Buckets of stems, overripe fruit, and spent leaves pile up faster than I can deal with them. I’d been searching for a real solution to my compost tumbler mulberry…
