Three years ago, I stood in my backyard staring at a patch of cracked, barren earth the size of a dining room table — and I almost cried. I had spent an entire weekend and nearly $200 planting a lush mix of hostas and ferns as ground cover under my mulberry tree, and within six … Read more
I once planted a mulberry tree directly in front of my living room window because I thought it would look “charming and cottage-y.” Reader, within three summers, I had a fourteen-foot privacy wall blocking every drop of natural light, a carpet of purple berries permanently staining my patio, and a very unhappy spouse. Getting mulberry … Read more
I lost an entire season’s worth of work in one afternoon. Three mulberry trees, a backyard I’d spent months preparing, and what I thought was a brilliantly planned garden — all struggling, yellowing, and barely producing by midsummer. If you’ve ever stared at a garden that cost you real money and real weekends and thought, … Read more
