Mulberry Trees and Lawn: How to Keep Both Happy and Avoid the Berry Stain War

Mulberry Trees and Lawn: How to Keep Both Happy and Avoid the Berry Stain War

I want to tell you about the afternoon I showed up to my own backyard barbecue with what appeared to be a crime scene on the bottom of my sneakers. Purple streaks across the patio. Purple footprints through the kitchen. My mother-in-law staring at me like I’d tracked in something far worse than mulberry juice. … Read more

Planting a Mulberry Tree: Spacing, Depth, and First-Year Survival Secrets

Planting a Mulberry Tree: Spacing, Depth, and First-Year Survival Secrets

I lost my first mulberry tree eleven days after planting it. I’d spent weeks researching varieties, drove forty minutes to a specialty nursery, paid good money for a beautiful bare-root Illinois Everbearing, and dug what I was sure was a perfectly fine hole. Eleven days later, it was leaning sideways after a storm, and within … Read more