I just had a go at the Mulberry tree back in the yard.

Mulberries (Moerbeien or Moerbeibessen) are a rather unknown type of fruit in Belgium and They RULE!
I grew up in a problematic fruit situation. I had several types of fruit in the yard and when it ripened, there was an Incredible amount of fruit on the different bushes & trees. Loads and loads of fruit I barely had to share with anyone and more so, more than we all together were able to eat!
So I grew into the habit of attacking the source of the fruit and eating till I ran out of time or had enough for the day. Imagine eating fruit non stop for half an hour. And then imagine doing that every summer. Every day. .. yeah, I have a problem
I still do this every summer. Though at times, I sometimes have to pay for the fruit and thats an bill that runs high at that rate. People also find it exuberant that I eat the fruit at that a rate. I cant help it, its what I grew up doing each summer, all summer long
And the earliest fruit memory I have, is sitting in the mulberry tree & eating. Eating at the typical insane rate I just mentioned
The tree was already Really big back then and .. I cant have been more than 7 years old, because they moved it to another location when I was about that age. The tree stopped producing food after that for several years
So our old mulberry trees are really important to me. The raspy feeling of the leaves; the way the berries grow black, the separate ripening of each berry, .. I love those trees
And I dont get why there arent more people who know these berries here. They re amazing
I’m considering to try and breed them
Apparently seedlings are better than cuttings, so why not give it a try
And I was just VERY surprised to find out the mulberry tree has a page on the Erowid Vault!
Erowid is easily the coolest site on the interwebs!
I cant wait to have some more tomorrow!

