Doing an errand this morning before work. I often pass this house that has the biggest mulberry I've seen in the area. Clump of 3-4 trees, all with good leans with a couple toward the house. I wondered when they'd be taken down (if ever) as i'd love to get the wood. (thinking like a FHCer here) As I get to the house I see they're gone...oh no. I then spot this huge pile of logs. Stop, knock, guy answers and I strike up a good conversation. Left my number as the guy has to talk with his brother as they own the property together. From the sound of things the wood will be mine. Most mulberry I've ever seen at once. Some red (I think) maple in the mix too. Fingers crossed while I wait to hear back.
I still have a couple trips from my HL score to get first. Plus the red oak at my other score ive been neglecting. This is all shaded and off road parking right next to the cut. Guy talked that it wouldn't be high urgency to get it out of there. Even of I end up cutting it in the heat I could always do half loads. I'd honestly want to get caught up stacking first and have a rack ready for this. You know how that goes.
Luxury problems You think it's rough now, wait until some more storms blow through (or another hurricane) and we all find ourselves drinking from the firehose once again
LOL!!! This is on the same street where I've been cutting BL the last few years...storm wood from 2020.
3-4 trees in one clump. Didn't measure the stump logs but they were big. Not as big as the one I cut back in January. How was your little getaway Joe? Any hurricane problems?
I’ve got about 300 feet of mulberry trees here on the farm. I hate them. the berries this summer are dropping thick. I can’t even park the vehicles in the yard under them because of the damage they do to the paint
That’s probably just from birds recycling them on your vehicles … I have ( should say had ) a robin that liked to try & fill my rain gauge with recycled mulberries. The mulberry trees are loaded here as well.
Very much just the berries. I got up in the morning and immediately went in to the car wash and was able to get them off before any damage was done.
I’ve been eating them right off the tree. they are a bitter sweet blessing… delicious and all. But they can do some serious staining
I have a white mulberry tree in the yard, suppose to be excellent to make jams and what not. But I can't get any every dam bird & squirrel in the area is in that tree wiping the ripe ones out for days on end usually around beginning of June. Apparently they will not ripen once picked. I did get a few once, washed and tasted and was very sweet.
When I learned I had mulberry trees I learned there’s a red and a white mulberry. the white is not considered native and virtually impossible to tell from a red. Whites were initially brought in for helping create silk. both trees are known for their fruit damaging property due to the strength of the fruit dye staining surfaces
