I have a really unusual garden habit. Seems like every few weeks I walk out the back door and stop. I look. I pinch myself. And then I mutter.... "Bloody hell! It's fruiting AGAIN??!!"
The mulberry. This poor little tree gets very little care beyond my hacking back the branches so I don't poke my eyes out on the way to the rubbish bin. And an occasional pot of coffee grounds tossed carelessly its way.
I harvest the leaves mercilessly for tea. It gets watered rather a lot from what I think is a hole in a drain pipe somewhere, cos that part of the garden has mosss all year round. 😄
The general wisdom for this part of the world (northern Thailand) is that a mulberry will fruit 2 to maybe 3 times per year.
Mine? 6,7 and just finished her 8th crop. My freezer is overflowing. LOL.
Definitely there are peak crops and kinda afterthought, "why not?" crops - more like a dribble than a burst. But my overwhelming thought is that it's UNUSUAL!!
Grateful, blessed but still continually marveling at this really UNUSUAL garden event.
Yes, white mulberries - Morus alba are very adaptable, tough, forgiving, and prolific trees! We have them here in far East Big Island, Hawai'i, too, and they always seem to be in fruit! I love them so much, and they're wonderfully easy to propagate! I haven't worked with them medicinally in teas yet, but given that they are closely related to Noni, which is super medicinal in both its fruits and its leaves, this info doesn't surprise me! I have to look more into that! Thank you! 😁🙏💚✨
Wow! 8 times! That practical means that you have fresh mulberries almost all year round!!! Compared to the hardly one month that we have in Greece, that's huge :)
And tea from the leaves? I haven't heard of that before. What is it good for?
Lucky you, wish I could have some here. To be honest my lime bush has been fruiting nonstop this year. I feel blessed too.
Oh yeah endless limes here too!
Love it! Can't wonder why when you are busy eating mulberries... Mines yet to bear one and I bet the birds get it!
Awesomeness! Your mulberry tree is very generous. I never thought their leaves can be used for tea.