mulberry tips

A late frost in April can strike just as mulberries like Illinois Everbearing start flowering, blackening tender blooms overnight. Such a frost exposes important lessons: the ripeness windows that are easy to miss, harvest windows that require planning, and the speed at which berries can be lost to birds or oxidation without proper preservation methods … Read more

I have a photograph on my phone I took last July: my concrete patio stained in a splotchy purple pattern that looks like modern art. Those aren’t paint accidents — they’re the ghost marks of what happens when you hand-pick mulberries one at a time and let the juice run everywhere. That image is proof … Read more

Why Harvesting a Tall Mulberry Tree Is Its Own Challenge Unlike stone fruits or tree nuts, mulberries resist conventional harvesting techniques. Their flesh is delicate and gives way under pressure, so if you grab one too hard, you end up with nothing but a handful of purple mush. Plus, mulberries ripen staggered over weeks rather … Read more