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| tiff-tiff |
Posted - May 04 2010 : 4:10:41 PM
I wish you ladies were closer! I found a mulberry tree - FULL of fruit. Well, it was before the kids and I got to it! 
I can't wait to go back and get more!
Any good farmgirl recipes?
Thanks bunches. I'll be thinking of you while I'm enjoying the "fruits" of my labor . . . 
Farmgirl #164
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| clothedinscarlet |
Posted - May 05 2010 : 07:46:11 AM
My MIL made jelly from our mulberries and the boys really liked it. And oh yeah, Kris, we get the purple bird poo all over the place too when the mulberries are out! Ick!
Farmgirl Sister #1110
Siobhan - AKA Liza-Jane (my farmgirl name), wife to my best friend, Trent, and mommy to Camden (11/28/05) and Bennett (7/11/07). and Truman (7/28/09) |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - May 05 2010 : 07:09:39 AM
Mt DD lived in an apt. complex and her apt. was right under a huge mulberry tree. She had to park under it. Her car would be purple and birds would poop purple all over it too. It was a mess. But I always wanted to make jelly.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| clothedinscarlet |
Posted - May 05 2010 : 06:17:07 AM
Alee...Mulberries taste like pure sugar. I don't think it has a berry taste hardly at all. I did make a crumble with it last year and when lemon is added and it's baked a little more flavor comes out.
I wonder if chickens would like them? I've been wondering where I'd put a chicken coop in my yard. Maybe I could just put one right under the mulberry tree and they can eat them as they fall on the ground LOL!
Farmgirl Sister #1110
Siobhan - AKA Liza-Jane (my farmgirl name), wife to my best friend, Trent, and mommy to Camden (11/28/05) and Bennett (7/11/07). and Truman (7/28/09) |
| sherrye |
Posted - May 04 2010 : 8:32:57 PM
in my old rodale garden book. he teaches they are excellent livestock feed also. i wish i was there. i bet it makes good jelly. i am in and put like that when the boysenberries ripen yum sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
farmgirl #1014
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| tiff-tiff |
Posted - May 04 2010 : 7:48:26 PM
Teresa-
They are the purple variety. Maybe the Texas version. I can't tell the difference when I'm stuffing my face~ hehehe
I had a mulberry bush when I lived in Colorado, but it's nothing like this! I'd say the tree is over 50ft tall. It hangs over the lake so it's pretty tricky to get to the branches, but I'm not complaining!
I remember picking wild blackberries as a kid. My brother and I were stained from head to toe and covered in stickers! It was so much fun "forgetting" to bring some back to our mom. . .
Alee, I'd say mulberries are a little sweeter than blackberries and the seeds are softer, so you aren't picking seeds out of your teeth all day. Give me a sec, I'll go try some more. (need to be accurate) *giggle*
Mary - I'm going to go out again on Friday morning. You are welcome anytime. It looks like they may be ripening (?) for another week or more.
Farmgirl #164
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| MaryLD |
Posted - May 04 2010 : 7:25:06 PM
Tiff- Tiff,
Email me next time! I LOVE mulberries!
~ MAry LD
Haflingers- You can't have just one!
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| Alee |
Posted - May 04 2010 : 6:25:08 PM
I don't think I have ever eatten Mulberry. What does it taste like?
Alee
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| clothedinscarlet |
Posted - May 04 2010 : 6:13:51 PM
Oh man....I've got one in my back yard. It's not even budded yet, but I'm not really looking forward to it. It's probably a good 40-50 ft tall and last year it rained millions of mulberries all over the back portion of our yard and the boys would go out there and come in with black feet and faces and hands LOL! What a mess they are! And they're not easy to pick and use because the stems don't come loose from the berry.
Farmgirl Sister #1110
Siobhan - AKA Liza-Jane (my farmgirl name), wife to my best friend, Trent, and mommy to Camden (11/28/05) and Bennett (7/11/07). and Truman (7/28/09) |
| 1badmamawolf |
Posted - May 04 2010 : 5:38:55 PM
yum, purple or white?
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