Re: tent cat/birds

Around here, when mulberries are in fruit, the birds poop purple stains on
the house siding, tends to grump people out.  Also, they tend to send their
roots everywhere devouring all nutrients meant for other plants.  Then
there's the seeedlings that, if you  don't pull them right away, have roots
with the strength of godzilla.

Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <TeichFlora@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] tent cat/birds


> Kitty, they dont' seem to mind.  It is on a corner between two other
yards,
> and neither mind.  In fact it is more in one neighbors yard than  mine,
> because I prune mine off the fig tree, but he never prunes it, nor wants
us to.
> I've never eaten the berries, birds seem to do a terrific job of  cleaning
the
> tree of the berries before anyone else can get to them.  Have  flocks of
cedar
> waxwings that come only during fruiting season.  No clue if  they are
around
> this area any other time, but we sure dont' see them except when  the tree
is
> ripe with fruit, then it is covered with them.  I've given away  any
seedlings
> that come up too, and have a waiting list of people that want  them.
> Noreen
> zone 9
> Texas Gulf Coast
>
> In a message dated 5/9/2005 4:46:38 PM Central Standard Time,
> gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
>
> You have  a mulberry tree?  Your neighbors must love you ;+)
> I let a volunteer  start up in my yard a long time ago and the neighbors
kept
> begging me to  take it down.  But I remembered the berries from my youth
and
> they are  sooooooooo tasty.  Well, eventually I saw the error of my ways
and
> cut  it down as far as I can reach it (it's between 2 fences), to about 5
ft.
> I  cut it back every year when it puts on enough growth to be noticeable.
> but  I do miss those berries.
>
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