What is this tree and what are these berries?
 

http://cellar.org/2006/tree1.jpg

This tree grew spontaneously in my back yard, around the tree that was actually planned for that area but died. For years it shared space with a pine tree but this year the pine finally died for certain. Now this tree is doing great.

http://cellar.org/2006/tree2.jpg

But Jacquelita ate some of these berries just now (the ripe dark ones not the red ones) and I need to know if she is going to die.

Thanks in advance

no, but jinx says that she used to have those trees in her back yard, and if jaquelita(like the birds that used to eat them) shits on your car it's going to stain.

Mulberry. :D

Huh. Can we make wine?

Yup. I've got a boatload of mulberry volunteer trees on my fence line. Birds seem to not like them much.

Huh. Can we make wine?

To make 5 gallons of wine it takes around 15 lbs berries.

We have a mulberry tree just outside our back door. Three weeks out of the year, I want to cut the damn thing down. The berries stain everything, and you track them into the house all over the kitchen floor. The rest of the year, it's a beautiful tree.

You can eat the berries. They are a little sour. If you eat too many, you will get an upset stomach. I understand you can use tons of sugar with them to make jams, pies, etc. Not worth much, if you ask me.

Recently, I learned that if you push the kids' Little Tykes car back and forth over the berries on the ground, you can smoosh most of them into the grass, where they will dry up more quickly. If you don't smooth them, they take a week or two to dry out, and you can still track them into the house. I'm going to keep an eye out for one of those old school lawn rollers at garage sales for just this purpose.

Huh - That explains that damn monkey chasin the weasle all week!! :lol:

I suspect the weasel wasn't running very fast.:blush:

Ha!

you could also raise silk worms.

Yeah, but they just eat the leaves. You'd still have all those damn berries to cope with.

I love it when the squirrels over-do the fruit and their hair gets all wet and matted down on their tails and legs... oh you know what that's really gross, I don't think I love that, even a little.

At least the squirrels don't leave it on your car and outdoor furniture. :smack:

But if you want to make wine, watch out for these guys.:D

Bruce, are you trying to scare the crap outta me with that squirrel.....with his wee beady eyes...

Watch those baby mulberries pop up everywhere, and if you dont want them, pull them when they are little 'cause the roots are deep.

And I thought I had a problem with the beech right outside my back door.

I had a beech problem but I divorced her.

*rimshot*


Deep background for newish Dwellers explaining how cruel Bruce is for bringing up the squirell.

Gee, I'm not new and I didn't know the squirrel story. Lucky you were just dealing with the mom, I hear daddy Twitchy is a mean motha in his own right.

http://www.aboutteens.org/images/funny-squirrel.jpg

Gah! Nice spelling.

:yum: mulberrys

hehe , You have the greatest images Maggie... I didn't know squirrels had nuts of their own!

Dont they just look like they would get in the way?

Don't they always? :-)

Worse than boobs

yeah but they're fun to scratch.

I dont get the scratching and adjusting thing....do you consciously think about such things? or it is as subconscious?

They remind us....frequently. :smack:

hee hee hee....they are *definately* worse than boobs. Althought I remeber when mine started getting in the way. My boobs that is.

The nuts I don't miss at all.