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tiff-tiff
True Blue Farmgirl
78 Posts
Tiffany
Austin
Texas
USA
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 Posted - May 04 2010 : 4:10:41 PM
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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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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - May 04 2010 : 5:38:55 PM
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yum, purple or white?
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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clothedinscarlet
True Blue Farmgirl
1333 Posts
Siobhan
Battle Creek
MI
USA
1333 Posts |
Posted - May 04 2010 : 6:13:51 PM
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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) |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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MaryLD
True Blue Farmgirl
861 Posts
Mary
New Braunfels
TX
USA
861 Posts |
Posted - May 04 2010 : 7:25:06 PM
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Tiff- Tiff,
Email me next time! I LOVE mulberries!
~ MAry LD
Haflingers- You can't have just one!
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tiff-tiff
True Blue Farmgirl
78 Posts
Tiffany
Austin
Texas
USA
78 Posts |
Posted - May 04 2010 : 7:48:26 PM
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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
www.itsatippinthing.blogspot.com |
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - May 04 2010 : 8:32:57 PM
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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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clothedinscarlet
True Blue Farmgirl
1333 Posts
Siobhan
Battle Creek
MI
USA
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Posted - May 05 2010 : 06:17:07 AM
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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) |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - May 05 2010 : 07:09:39 AM
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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. |
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clothedinscarlet
True Blue Farmgirl
1333 Posts
Siobhan
Battle Creek
MI
USA
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Posted - May 05 2010 : 07:46:11 AM
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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) |
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