Author Topic: My Favorite Mulberry Tree (Read 7379 times)

thurlow · « **Reply #40 on:** May 18, 2007, 05:53:34 pm »

I looked it up; every site had it like you; guess we were just ignerent. We sang...........

All around the mulberry bush
The monkey chased the weasel.
~~The monkey thought 'twas all in fun.~~ That's the way your money goes,
Pop! goes the weasel

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #41 on:** May 18, 2007, 06:40:23 pm »

thurlow, I think we sang it your way to.

WDH · « **Reply #42 on:** May 18, 2007, 08:39:05 pm »

SD,

You are a forester, a silviculturist, a dendrologist, and a singing poet

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SwampDonkey · « **Reply #43 on:** May 18, 2007, 08:48:21 pm »

Yup, a jack ~~ass~~ of all trades ~~sorts~~.

WDH · « **Reply #44 on:** May 31, 2007, 05:02:12 pm »

Well, the mulberries have been gone for about a week. Maybe the drought made them especially tasty. Now, I am already looking forward to next year

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SwampDonkey · « **Reply #45 on:** May 31, 2007, 07:57:29 pm »

Yup, that time of year.

Just discovered a nice patch of blue berries on one of my thinning blocks. Now they are not very plentiful in this area, they usually grow well on sandy soils. This is on an abandoned pasture that was cut off a few year back from second growth. I think the ground is kind of poor there because the soil is shallow and has a lot of rock out crops in the area. The rest of the forest in hardwood ground beyond the old pasture - yellow birch, beech, maple, ash, large tooth.

WDH · « **Reply #46 on:** May 31, 2007, 11:11:45 pm »

Blueberries?

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Dodgy Loner · « **Reply #47 on:** June 01, 2007, 12:56:07 pm »

Good to hear you got your fill of mulberries, WDH. I went to Iowa last week, and when I got back home the serviceberries had ripened and the birds had already picked them clean.

Guess I'll have to wait 'til next year.

WDH · « **Reply #48 on:** June 01, 2007, 01:03:18 pm »

Did you stop by to visit Norm and Patty?

Dodgy Loner · « **Reply #49 on:** June 01, 2007, 01:40:08 pm »

I didn't know Norm and Patty were expecting me.

I actually went to visit my sister and her fiance. I don't think I've mentioned it, but they'll be moving to Brazil for two years after they get married in December. It's a lot farther away than Iowa, but infinitely more interesting (no offense, Norm and Patty

). I can't wait to visit them so I can brandish my mad Portuguese skills.

WDH · « **Reply #50 on:** June 01, 2007, 11:22:20 pm »

And eat some black beans and rice

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SwampDonkey · « **Reply #51 on:** June 02, 2007, 05:16:37 am »

Hey I make stir fry with black beans, then add rice quite often. Or I add it to chop suey, not the Chinese veggie shop suey, but the hamburg and macaroni variety.

Norm · « **Reply #52 on:** June 02, 2007, 08:49:40 am »

Well actually it would be WDH's loss dl, I would have sent a couple of logs back with you....you did drive the log truck up right?

WDH · « **Reply #53 on:** June 02, 2007, 10:03:22 am »

OK Dodgy Loner, when you go back up to Iowa for your next visit, you are going to have to drive the log truck

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Dodgy Loner · « **Reply #54 on:** June 03, 2007, 06:50:33 pm »

No problem...wait, where did I put the keys to my log truck?

WDH · « **Reply #55 on:** May 18, 2008, 09:16:13 pm »

Well, the little mulberry tree has done herself proud! The fruit is especially tasty this year. My daughter and I went to visit the tree this evening, and OH MY, what a treat was in store.

I love May and I love this tree. Maybe they are connected. It has been a lovely spring and the mulberry's are in full flavor.

I will post a pic soon. Do any of y'all have mulberry trees or like to eat the fruit?

metalspinner · « **Reply #56 on:** May 18, 2008, 10:22:47 pm »

I don't think I have ever eaten a mulberry. $:-\$

I know of a nice big mulberry tree (25"diameter at the base) that blew over, but is still alive. In fact, when I knocked on the door to inquire about the downed tree, the husband informed me that his wife is a forester. They wanted to let the tree live on in its downed state. Perhaps because of the fruit? Maybe I will reintroduce myself to them this week.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #57 on:** May 19, 2008, 04:49:09 am »

You picked mulberry fruit already? The only berries here are some over wintered high bush cranberry (V. trilobum) and wintergreen (Gaultheria sp ?). $:-\$

WDH · « **Reply #58 on:** May 19, 2008, 09:18:17 am »

Oh yes, the mulberries are ready!

They are especially long, fat, and sweet this year

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Texas Ranger · « **Reply #59 on:** May 19, 2008, 11:23:14 am »

I have been picking a handful walking the dog, he does his thing, and I get a red tongue. 4 times a day. Just across the street, and just about gone at the level I can reach.

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