A few little-known facts about mulberries:
- Mulberry leaves are the sole food source of silkworms.
- The last Tuesday of May is International Mulberry Appreciation Day.
- The berries are very high in resveratrol, a substance from which anti-cancer, anti-viral, anti-aging, anti-inflammatory and life-prolonging effects have been reported.
- They have a very high sugar content, second only to grapes.
- We have them coming out of our metaphorical ears!
I started picking mulberries today. First, I made the annual Pact With The Robins. They are welcome to all of the mulberries at the tops of the trees if they stay away from our cars and drying laundry afterwards. I picked 2 quarts of them (pictured above) in about an hour today, just from one limb of one tree. We have 3 mulberry trees. PLEASE come and pick some mulberries to take home. I'll even provide latex gloves ( if you don't want to stain your hands purple) and cold beer. Take a duck home with you too! Hopefully I will figure out a local farmer's market to sell berries and some other produce at soon, things are just busy, busy, busy. Black raspberries are really starting to ripen and so are the currants, so I have to get as many mulberries in as I can before they distract me.
Everything else is doing well, have started to get some responses from localharvest, which is encouraging. Picked the first kohlrabi (or as I call it "the alien vegetable") today, carrots are getting to be harvestable size. Some of the turkeys are starting to strut around all macho-like, all 11 inches tall of them, it is funny to watch.
See you at the farm!
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if you like smoothies, try 8 ounces of plain yogurt, and 2 oz milk, or lactaid, or soy milk - whatever, add 28 grams (1oz {+/-})mulberries. Whiz together with a blender and they are great. no need for added sweetener. i sometimes add a Tbsp wheat germ, too. quick, refreshing on a hot day.
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