Old-fashioned fruit
Nov 04, 2020
4 minutes
JACKIE FRENCH
is the author of The Chook Book (Aird Books). Her oldest chook, Gertie, is now 17. Although Gertie’s sisters have all long since fallen off the perch, Gertie still lays extremely large brown eggs most days of the year. Get in touch with Jackie via facebook.com/authorjackiefrench, twitter.com/jackie_french_ and instagram.com/jackie_french_.
Semi-dwarf black mulberries are the toughest, most productive and longest fruiting.
“But what can you do with mulberries?” she asked, looking at our laden tree. One answer is, “Let the kids feast on them,” which is exactly what they were doing. With purple fingers
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