Neat find

[65284]

We have owned this property for 30 years and lived on it for 27. At the rear corner there is a tiny sliver that's cut off by a small branch that runs through the place. I never go across the branch, no reason to, just a tiny little patch of ground grown up in a thicket.

The last few days I noticed the peafowl were spending a lot of time in that thicket. So, curiosity overcame me and I trudged back there and nosed around. I was quite happy to find a mulberry tree, loaded with fruit, that I had no idea was there. Very tasty.

[light rain]

Mulberries are a tasty and a healthy fruit. And the price is good too!

[Awnry Abe]

'Tis purple-poop-stained-chicken-egg season here. Our chicken coop is surrounded on all sides by mulberry trees. Egg production suffers because the birds neglect all regular food in favor of their favorite June treat. I can understand how your peafowl sought out the tree.

[rambler]

Here one mulberry tree turns into an everlasting thicket. They become a weed species that takes over everything, very persistent weed tress.....

I do like the berries too of course, but some days clearing away the many new shoots from everywhere gets old....

Paul

[TRAILRIDER]

I like mulberries too. So did my peafowl. It was their favorite treat. But we have so many mulberry trees they become a pain. My wire fences are all being destroyed by them growing up through the welded wire. Still I like them!

[o&itw]

Mulberries are great for the stock..... but I'm not crazy about the worms.

When I was a kid, I found a mulberry tree and got a bucket (old paint can, actually, that one could put the handle through their belt) I munched them as I filled the bucket then headed home. About the time I got to the house, I looked down into the bucket and there were 20 or 30 little white worms crawling over the tops of the berries. Sorta ruined my appetite for them ever since.

[Classof66]

I remember when the kids were in cloth diapers. I always knew when the mulberries were ripe!