One very sad looking twig.
How it came to be here
How it came to be here
- I purchased mulberry cuttings on eBay last year, yep some very entrepreneurial person is selling their cuttings.
- Grew cutting - dipped end in honey and planted in potting mix - waited
- Roots grew quite quickly - planted in bigger pot.
- The mulberry was finally ready to go in the ground, I can see new growth about to burst into life
- I dug a hole with the mattock in our heavy clay soil - no mean feat
- Partner came and dug bigger hole - I thought I'd done well!
- Dug compost out of bin
- Emptied wheel barrow of compost in hole
- Planted mulberry.
- shook soil from surrounding grass to discourage it smothering our new plant
- watered in
- debated with my partner whether we planted it too low and if it will get waterlogged
- Still need to give it a liquid feed
- It was a beautiful day here today and the little one and I danced and sang around the twig
- "Here we go round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush....."
- took a little imagination
- may have to try it on a cold and frosty morning
- Actually grew more than one mulberry, have donated one to school, and one to our neighbour. When its bigger we can have silk worms!
- We rent but I love to grow food and just hope we will get to stay to watch this grow onto a tree.