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July 11, 2008

mulberry days

This tree doesn't look like much from a distance:

But when you get closer, you can see why it is one of our favorites:

Although it was 90 and humid, there was a lovely breeze to keep the mosquitoes at bay and to keep us cool while we picked:

and ate:

mulberries:


(As you can see, Stephen is doing just fine...)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

How fun!
---kristi

Anonymous said...

I haven't had a mulberry in soooo long...

Anonymous said...

Oh, our old trick was to lay an old sheet down under a branch and then shake all the berries off, gather up the sheet, pour the berries into a bucket and repeat. Then you can sit on the porch swing to pick through and get the leaves and such out.