Three years ago, I stood in my backyard staring at my beloved mulberry tree and felt my stomach drop. The leaves were yellowing, whole branches had gone brittle, and the tree I’d spent two summers nurturing — the one I’d paid a small fortune for as a five-gallon specimen — looked like it was quietly … Read more
I stood in my backyard last July staring at my two-year-old mulberry tree, and my stomach dropped. The leaves were yellowing, the branches looked limp, and the whole tree just had that unmistakable “something is very wrong” look. I’d been so proud of that tree. I’d spent two summers nursing it along, dreaming about the … Read more
I once spent an entire weekend hauling in what I proudly called “premium garden soil” — a truckload of dense, clay-heavy fill dirt a neighbor was giving away for free — and dumped it around my brand-new mulberry tree like I was tucking it into the world’s most generous bed. The tree looked spectacular for … Read more
