Heck yeah. We used to eat them by the bushel as kids.
First sign of Summer?
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Can I have your race car?
Yeah, those are probably mulberries. Raspberries don't usually have a woody stem like that, and there are tiny thorns.
We have vines over on one side of the "lawn", but the deer & raccoons usually get most of them.
Mulberries are super sweet tasting, much different than raspberries. Looks more like a mulberry to me.
I'm not aware of a poisonous berry that look like that, but I'm not a botanist either :shrug:
I'm not aware of a poisonous berry that look like that, but I'm not a botanist either :shrug:
When we were living in the sticks in Bella Vista I had a nectarine tree in the front yard, probably about 10 feet tall. Every year it would produce a large number of nectarines and almost like clockwork there would be one night each year that something came in and stripped the whole tree bare. Same happened to an apple tree I had as well.We have vines over on one side of the "lawn", but the deer & raccoons usually get most of them.
You know when it's turns summer in Arkansas because the temps immediately go to 90 degrees....followed by flies that harass you when you try to set outdoors (hate flies with a passion!)....followed by having to mow once a week until the dead period, which usually hits in early August.
We used to have a cherry tree - the deer loved that too.
My favorite is the neighbor's pear tree that is out on the lane. She doesn't thin the buds, so the pears are all tiny (maybe 2 or 3 bites each), so we all pick one or two to eat, but most of them stay on the tree until they are ripe enough to fall down. Once off the tree, they tend to ferment in the heat. And then the local groundhogs enter the picture. Ever seen a drunk groundhog? Every year, just like clockwork.
My favorite is the neighbor's pear tree that is out on the lane. She doesn't thin the buds, so the pears are all tiny (maybe 2 or 3 bites each), so we all pick one or two to eat, but most of them stay on the tree until they are ripe enough to fall down. Once off the tree, they tend to ferment in the heat. And then the local groundhogs enter the picture. Ever seen a drunk groundhog? Every year, just like clockwork.
Raspberries are on very stickery bushes/stalks. They are delicious.
Mulberries are from a tree. They are basically flavorless. These are the berries your wild birds love to eat and then leave those purple poop splotches on your car.
When do we get to start pillaging Curt’s stuff? He needs to tell us his valuables so we don’t waste a trip to get a bottle of mad dog or a 4 wheeler that doesn’t run.
For me, it is about the time the Ball Soup thread gets bumped to the top of the page.
Just don't look at them as you eat them because you will be amazed at all of the tiny bugs and spiders that have taken up residence inside that berry. With all the rain we have had lately though, there are probably fewer hitchhikers than there normally would be.
