What did you do in the garden today?

[ChocolateMouse]

Penny, mulberry trees are great.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morus_(plant)

Red mulberries are the most common variety, native to the whole of the eastern US and some of canada.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morus_rubra
They have a delicious dark berry fruit similar in appearance to a miniature blackberry and they make great jams and jellies and pies. They're one of the few trees native to north america that produces a good fruit crop. It is also an important food source for songbirds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morus_alba
White mulberry is from china and is commonly planted as an ornamental non-fruiting tree. It feeds silkworms and has several medicinal uses. However the white mulberry is invasive and hybridized with other mulberry species.

 

[dunnmom]

I picked a handful of wax beans today, and a handful of peas. Cherry tomatoes are beginning to ripen. I also saw 1 baby cantaloupe.

I went ahead and mulched under the curcubits, and watered. It might rain tonight, but it may not be enough.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I will ask about as not sure they can grow out here we may be too wet

 

[deepbluesea]

I do need to figure out the culprit--just haven't seen anything yet. Gotta work on it.

I bought two red mulberry starts from Baker. They're small so far, only about a foot and a half tall. They said that I could keep it as a dwarf if I kept it in a pot or let it get 10' or so and bushy in the ground. It's currently in a fabric grow bag. Still deciding.

 

[pennyJo1960]

ahhh alright have bought from Baker like them

 

[chickadoodles]

My grapevines came today.

 

[Birdsong 82]

Don’t plan your mulberries near the driveway. I remember lots and lots of times having to go scrub purple bird poop off of my parents white cars when I was young. Man that’s tough stains. Lol. Birds really love those mulberries

 

[Birdsong 82]

I do need to figure out the culprit--just haven't seen anything yet. Gotta work on it.

I bought two red mulberry starts from Baker. They're small so far, only about a foot and a half tall. They said that I could keep it as a dwarf if I kept it in a pot or let it get 10' or so and bushy in the ground. It's currently in a fabric grow bag. Still deciding.

I didn’t know you could grow them in a pot as a dwarf. That’s pretty awesome. I wonder if it would be too late around here to start a couple in pots

 

[lazy gardener]

Got down to 37 in my town last night.

 

[pennyJo1960]

We are not getting that low here often