When I was little it was well known that babies came from under the mulberry bush. It had a ring of truth today – there were two little boys under the mulberry bush over at the allotments.
My grandsons.
We were told to expect 32º Celcius today so when I took the boys over to the allotments I wanted a job for them out of the sun. Fortunately the mulberry bushes are fruiting so it was a no-brainer to give each of them a small bowl. (The bowl is to hold the ones that you don’t pop in your mouth.)
One of our mulberry bushes
We broke for morning tea at ten o’clock. Always a social affair on a Wednesday morning when allotment holders and volunteers in the community garden get together to eat cake and drink tea. There must be worse ways to spend a morning!
Happy gardening.
Oct 02, 2014 @ 06:11:30
Sounds like the (hot) garden of Eden up there Jean and I bet your grandsons had a ball (and were well stained when you returned them home 😉 ). There are life lessons to be had in a garden that you simply don’t get anywhere else 🙂
Oct 02, 2014 @ 07:00:57
Some of the best times are had in that community garden Narf. And boy does that mulberry juice stain.
Oct 02, 2014 @ 07:06:25
Hi Jean! It has been such a long time since I visited the blogging world so I am catching up with some blogging friends 🙂 I was so happy to see you are still busy at your allotment 🙂 Your Grandsons would have been in heaven getting the job of ‘pick the berries’….one for the bowl, one for me….. the perfect life 🙂 I hope to get my blog back up and running now I am back home and getting back into the swing of things. Take care, until next time, Ruth xx (from Come Smell the Roses)
Oct 05, 2014 @ 17:38:51
Hi Ruth. Thank you for visiting. Pleased that you are now back in the blogging world. We all need a break sometimes.
Oct 02, 2014 @ 08:04:17
I love this post but especially since I’m wondering if you know if a mulberry bush produces fruit in it’s first year. I can swear birds have planted a mulberry bush in my garden but no signs of fruit.
Oct 02, 2014 @ 14:16:07
Thanks for visiting.
I am not sure how long a mulberry bush needs to produce fruit. Maybe depends on your climate and the variety too. Might be worth “googling” to get more idea.
Oct 02, 2014 @ 08:40:23
Much worse ways I should think.
Oct 03, 2014 @ 07:47:03
Mmmmm! You remind me of my Grandma’s mulberry tree!
And how anxious Mum got about it, lol!
I don’t have one…my yard is proving to small for many things! Never mind, gives me a chance to get creative 😉
Thanks for a wonderful memory recall, Jean.
Oct 03, 2014 @ 17:07:24
Pleased you enjoyed it Mrs Yub.