I was just gonna post pics of this in my glog. But in case any of you folks pick berries, I figured I'd start a spot where everybody can post.
This is turning into an epic year for mulberries and the black berries look like they're going to be loaded too, so I wanted to get some documentation of how much I get away with stealing from Warren Buffett this season.
The spot I pick is right along the right of way for the BNSF transcon near my house. This is a common site - I saw four trains in the hour I was out.
Just LOADED, I tell ya!
This is the tree I always pick first. Big berries means fast, easy picking.
Just practicing macro shots with a crappy camera.
I fell in love with this little gal. She's only about five years old, but she's real mature for her age. Seriously though, I've never seen a mulberry with such perfect excurrent habit. Really productive, too. This tree had like a dozen berries on it all last season. I picked about a quart and half of just ripe ones from it today. It looks like it might produce a gallon or two this year!
Side branch of this ^ little cutie.
This is what I ended up with after about an hour of picking (after I gave my neighbor a quart). The container on the left had been heaping. I had to give up because I filled up. Great day!
I let them soak for an hour or so then rinse them off and pick over them in batches in a colander. After letting them drain for a bit, I spread them out in a 2-3 berry deep layer on cookie sheets and freeze them. That way they stay intact and are easy to measure later.
Anybody else pick? Let's see some shots of your spot and your bounty!
This is turning into an epic year for mulberries and the black berries look like they're going to be loaded too, so I wanted to get some documentation of how much I get away with stealing from Warren Buffett this season.
The spot I pick is right along the right of way for the BNSF transcon near my house. This is a common site - I saw four trains in the hour I was out.
Just LOADED, I tell ya!
This is the tree I always pick first. Big berries means fast, easy picking.
Just practicing macro shots with a crappy camera.
I fell in love with this little gal. She's only about five years old, but she's real mature for her age. Seriously though, I've never seen a mulberry with such perfect excurrent habit. Really productive, too. This tree had like a dozen berries on it all last season. I picked about a quart and half of just ripe ones from it today. It looks like it might produce a gallon or two this year!
Side branch of this ^ little cutie.
This is what I ended up with after about an hour of picking (after I gave my neighbor a quart). The container on the left had been heaping. I had to give up because I filled up. Great day!
I let them soak for an hour or so then rinse them off and pick over them in batches in a colander. After letting them drain for a bit, I spread them out in a 2-3 berry deep layer on cookie sheets and freeze them. That way they stay intact and are easy to measure later.
Anybody else pick? Let's see some shots of your spot and your bounty!
I saw nothing. 
mode. 
