Guest guest Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 They kind of look like miniature blackberries. The trees aren't very attractive, and the berries go right through the birds and make, like Jeanne said, great big purplish-reddish splotches all over your car, your driveway, your house, etc. So they're pretty much just found in the country, everybody in the suburbs usually cuts them down as soon as they figure out what they are. But they do taste good. Audrey S. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Donnalilacflower <thelilacflowerwrote: > I have never seen these. I thought it was just in a nursery rhyme LOL > Donna > > We gotta stop smokin', stop, stop. I mean cigarette smoking. - Jimi > Hendrix, Midnight Lightning > > --- On Mon, 3/30/09, Audrey Snyder <AudeeBird<AudeeBird%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > Audrey Snyder <AudeeBird <AudeeBird%40gmail.com>> > Re: Growing questions > <%40> > Monday, March 30, 2009, 3:45 PM > > Mulberry trees may be a mess, but mulberries sure taste good! Our little > daschund ate them off the ground one summer when we let one grow up in the > fence line. > > Audrey S. > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Jeanne B <treazured > wrote: > > > > > We have a nice little nursery down here (Tyty GA - don't blink, you'll > miss > > it) and they have some Kalamata olive trees and something they call > Chinese > > Strawberry trees (in the mulberry family) that look interesting. Has > anyone > > on the list grown olives (we're solidly in zone 9, despite what the USDA > > chart says), or had experience with the Strawberry tree? > > > > We have a mulberry tree that bears huge crops that insure during that > time > > of the year nothing is dried outside. There's nothing like putting the > > sheets out to dry only to discover huge purple splotches all over them, > > thanks to the birds. > > > > They also have Egyptian papyrus plants which I think need to come here to > > live around the pool our son gave us. > > > > Jeanne in GA > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 If you get mulberry (or any other fruit) stain on your clothing, don't put it in the laundry basket! Leaving the stain to dry will just make it really hard to get out. Instead, while the stain is fresh (and assuming it's on something washable) stretch the stained area over a pan or large bowl to make the fabric taut. Then pour boiling water (carefully!) from a tea kettle held about a foot above the stain. Pour slowly so that the hot water continues to pound down on the stain for a while. You should see the stain disappear before your very eyes! ~ irene > They kind of look like miniature blackberries. The trees aren't very > attractive, and the berries go right through the birds and make, > like Jeanne > said, great big purplish-reddish splotches all over your car, your > driveway, > your house, etc. So they're pretty much just found in the country, > everybody > in the suburbs usually cuts them down as soon as they figure out > what they > are. But they do taste good. > > Audrey S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 We have 3 small mulberry trees in front of our house. DH was very careful to buy 3 non-fruiting trees because he didn't want a mess on his precious grass. Well the one closest to my kitchen window is a fruiting tree and boy do they taste good. I have to fight DH and the birds for them. The birds usually win because they clean the fruit off just before it's ripe and I am waiting for ripe ones. My kitchen window is a great spot to bird watch in Mulberry season. ( ) ( __ c\_/ Audrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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