Farmer Roy's Random Thoughts - I never said it was easy.

Yale · Sep 20, 2020

This subject is freaking me out slightly.

Last night we went for an outdoor socially distanced drink at our friends place down the road and the first drink of the night was brought out,a shot of the this.

Never had anything with mulberry in that I can remember.......actually the later part of last night is a bit foggy.

And cycling home from hedge to hedge.

cows sh#t me to tears · Sep 20, 2020

Jellied fruit with mulberries and strawberries

Kiwi Pete · Sep 20, 2020

Yale said:
This subject is freaking me out slightly.

Last night we went for an outdoor socially distanced drink at our friends place down the road and the first drink of the night was brought out,a shot of the this.

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Never had anything with mulberry in that I can remember.......actually the later part of last night is a bit foggy.

And cycling home from hedge to hedge.

That looks like a nice drop too!

Kidds · Sep 20, 2020

Farmer Roy said:
In an Australian environment, the other thing about a mulberry is they are a great shade tree during the summer
That’s a pretty important function here, especially in a house garden

In an English environment keeping the shade on the house is generally a bad thing. Keeping it warm and dry is much more important, that's why mine had to go. Plus the fact there is what looks to me like a root shaped bulge over the whole of the living room floor.

texas pete · Sep 20, 2020

Yale said:
This subject is freaking me out slightly.

Last night we went for an outdoor socially distanced drink at our friends place down the road and the first drink of the night was brought out,a shot of the this.

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Never had anything with mulberry in that I can remember.......actually the later part of last night is a bit foggy.

And cycling home from hedge to hedge.

Proper posh stuff.

They even sell it in John Lewis...so I’ve been told.

Yale · Sep 20, 2020

texas pete said:
Proper posh stuff.

They even sell it in John Lewis...so I’ve been told.

To be honest the consensus was it was a bit different,maybe not something they would buy again.

Doc · Sep 20, 2020

Mulberrys fresh off tree and give tell tale purple teeth, or in jam or in pies.
Silk worms grown to chrysalis in shoeboxes at primary school.
Flying Fox feasting on the fruit in the tree at dusk.
Happy childhood memories.

Hard Graft · Sep 20, 2020

Have one in the garden and need to pick some fruit

Jim bean · Sep 21, 2020

My mulberries probably win the prize for oldest and most knackered bit like me.

Kiwi Pete · Sep 21, 2020

You guys have got me on the lookout for specimens, now. I feel like I need them in my life

Blaithin · Sep 21, 2020

Farmer Roy said:
Err, we just pick the fruit & eat it fresh

or bake it in pies

or make jam out of it

but mainly, just eat it off the tree

Pies...

Australians eat meat pies, true sweet pies are an enigma there.

It made me sad every time I’d see a “Fresh Pie” sign and go racing in, only to find 639845 types of meat pie and not one dessert option. I had to make my own and completely from scratch as it was almost impossible to even find pie filling!

Really it’s a deprived country.

cows sh#t me to tears · Sep 21, 2020

I think I have read fables of pies like apple and rhubarb, lemon merange...... of course it could just be fake news.....

Farmer Roy · Sep 21, 2020

Passion fruit vine is doing pretty well also

Kiwi Pete · Sep 22, 2020

All we seem to be growing is more animals

Lowland1 · Sep 22, 2020

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush” is often sung as part of a children's game. According to historian R. S. Duncan, a former governor of England's Wakefield Prison, the song originated with that 420-year-old institution's female prisoners, who were exercised around a mulberry tree.Oct 28, 2015
We used to sing this at play (nursery) school

Farmer Roy · Sep 22, 2020

I bet not many have passion fruits growing

Farmer Roy · Sep 22, 2020

Kiwi Pete said:
All we seem to be growing is more animals

the only animals I have are two useless dogs, 2 old chooks & 6 guinea fowl - none of which are very productive

The ( existing ) plants here are much more productive. Finally got veggie garden beds organised, so hopefully that will get going soon.
Already got seedling tomatoes, pumpkins ( including some “giant” pumpkins just for fun ), watermelons & rockmelons ready for transplanting now the frost risk is over

Kidds · Sep 22, 2020

Farmer Roy said:
I bet not many have passion fruits growing

Did have them growing up the side of a building but sold it as a barn conversion. Very pretty flowers and did produce fruit.

Farmer Roy · Sep 22, 2020

holwellcourtfarm · Sep 22, 2020

Farmer Roy said:
the only animals I have are two useless dogs, 2 old chooks & 6 guinea fowl - none of which are very productive
The ( existing ) plants here are much more productive. Finally got veggie garden beds organised, so hopefully that will get going soon.
Already got seedling tomatoes, pumpkins ( including some “giant” pumpkins just for fun ), watermelons & rockmelons ready for transplanting now the frost risk is over

Watch out for the tomatoes. They might take over!

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