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
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…
Nobody warns you about the staining. I found out the hard way when I showed up to a family barbecue with purple hands, a ruined shirt, and a story that got funnier every time I told it. Now I have a whole system for harvesting, processing, and storing mulberries without looking like I lost a … Read more
