RE: tent cat/birds/mulberries

Oh, I love mulberries!  I spent my childhood summers perched in one,
reading and eating those wonderful berries.  Ah, the good old days :).

Spring is definitely here - we saw the Rose-breasted Grosbeak at the
feeder this weekend.  He'll hang around a week or so before moving on.
Beautiful bird.

Lynda
Zone 7 - West TN


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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of TeichFlora@aol.com
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 6:08 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
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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