Managing Fallen Mulberries in Garden Beds: Solutions for the Staining Nightmare

Managing Fallen Mulberries in Garden Beds: Solutions for the Staining Nightmare

I still remember standing in my backyard in early July, staring at my beautiful cottage garden bed — the one I’d spent three weekends planting and nearly $400 on perennials — absolutely soaked in dark purple mulberry juice. The berries had been falling for two weeks, and I’d done nothing about it. I told myself … Read more

Harvesting Mulberries Without Staining Your Clothes, Hands, and Deck

Harvesting Mulberries Without Staining Your Clothes, Hands, and Deck

There I was, standing on my back deck in my favorite white linen shirt, arms raised triumphantly over my mulberry tree, when the branch I was tugging snapped back and pelted me with approximately forty perfectly ripe berries. I looked like a crime scene. My shirt, my hands, my deck, my dignity — all casualties … Read more