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| We noticed a berry tree right on the line between mine and Kelleyp's yard today, unfortunately my kids noticed it too
I told them I don't know what it is and it is NOT good to eat and might make them very sick...5 minutes later Adam came running to me saying that Leah was eating some
Jo |
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- Posted by piscesfish none (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 22:51
| That is scary. I don't know what it is, but did you make your daughter throw up? I would give her some syrup of ipecac IMMEDIATELY! I hope she's okay. Kelly |
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| Jo, It's OK. Don't worry. It is Mulberry. She'll be fine. The berries are edible but they'll taste better if she lets the ripen to dark purple/black before she eats them. Dawn |
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- Posted by dodemeister 6bJenks (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 23:16
| mercy, what would we do without this forum? jo, give the little stinker an extra hug tonite. i'm sending one to you as well - ((((jo)))) hang in there momma, they will survive this....you will too, although you might not believe me right now. :) dody |
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| Holy cow thank you! i Was just about to run out for ipecac and she's sleeping! I would have felt super bad to wake her and make her throw up, but boy was I worried. We have a mulberry in the front yard but it is HUGE, so I didn't recognize this little seedling. WHEW Jo |
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- Posted by adellabedella 7 (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 23:43
| I'm glad it wasn't anything poison. We've had a few calls to the poison control center with my two youngest kids. I'm hoping this year we are past the picking and eating random stuff in the yard phase. |
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| Glad she's OK, Jo. While we're on the topic of mulberry, anyone have any good recipes for it? I have this tree in my front yard, too, and usually just let the birds have it, but wonder if I'm missing something. (Jo's daughter thinks so!) |
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| This is a problem with gardeners. My kids are USED to being set loose in the yard/garden to find berries/lettuce/fruit/whatever they want to eat...In my garden I always tell them if it's ripe you can eat it..and thwey are always in there picking and eating. I need to impress upon them that anything outside of Mommy's garden could make them very sick. Thay are 2 and 4 so it's hard. The 4 year old (Adam) gets it. Leah does not. :( Jo |
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- Posted by piscesfish 6 (My Page) on Fri, May 6, 11 at 0:16
| Whew! I'm glad it wasn't anything poisonous. I'd always keep some Ipecac on hand though, just in case she did eat a load of poisonous berries. It's so hard with kids that young. It's great that they are into fresh veggies and fruits, but difficult to get a 2 year old to understand boundaries. But you are building that cute fence. Maybe you could tell them that they can eat anything inside the fence, but they're not allowed to eat anything outside the fence? It's great that Adam was watching out for his little sister, though. If it were me, I'd probably give him a special treat tomorrow for being a good big brother. :) Kelly |
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| Silly kids! My kids are grazers, too, and have been as soon as they could crawl around. Mine usually "get it" when they're about 18 months and learn the good from the bad stuff and not to eat the unknown. In fact, one of the first things they learn to say, if they're getting to the speaking stage during growing season is, "Good?" LOL That doesn't mean there haven't been any mishaps. Occasionally, there are misidentifications when they get in the 2-3 year old range and start getting overly confident. Mia, I love mulberries! I love them just plain but you can sprinkle them over ice cream, stir into yogurt, make them into pies and cobblers, berry muffins, pancakes, jellies, syrups, etc, etc. Yum!! Diane |
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| You can use mulberries the same way you use any berries. You also can use them to make wine if you're into brewing your own. Dawn |
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- Posted by kelleyp125 (My Page) on Fri, May 6, 11 at 10:51
| I am SO GLAD everything is okay! Poor Jo! But the other exciting part of news is that Jo and I can learn how to make mulberry wine (you should NOT Have said the W word, Dawn!!!) ;) |
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- Posted by dodemeister 6bJenks (My Page) on Fri, May 6, 11 at 12:23
| kelleyp and jo- paul and i have been making wine for the past few years. we have all the equipment...the recipes, and the know how... lordy, lordy, i see good things in our future! |
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| Holy moly! Mulberry wine? AWESOME. I have a giant mulberry in my front yard on the north side of my driveway. Teach me to make wine and I'll be your servant for life. I had to take both kids over to the mulberry tree today and explain that I told them not to eat it yesterday because I didn't know if it was safe, but a plant expert told me that it is a mulberry tree and the berries are good for people to eat. Then they wanted to pick the red ones because they pick and eat strawberries daily and to them red means ripe. So I told them that the dark purple and black ones were the good ones, and we all had some. They are not huge fans, but I like them! Jo |
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| Kelly, I figured you and Jo would need a new project to work on after the fence project. You know, most gardeners like to cook using food from their gardens, so why not make some wine? You can brew wine from many different plants...not just grapes. Dandelion wine. Elderberry wine. Mulberry wine. Sound like fun? Here's a great source for supplies. Dawn |
Here is a link that might be useful: Midwest Supplies
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- Posted by david_74012 OK 7 (My Page) on Sat, May 7, 11 at 8:07
| ohhhhhhhhhhh the infamous Mulberry. Brings back so many memories. I ate so many when a kid, I think I had the skowers until age 14. I was at least 15 before I had a tee shirt without purple blotches on them. Actually, I think I was the forerunner of the tie dyed generation. I missed out on a fortune with that one. I ate an elephant ear leaf on a dare with no affects, but then after all the Mulberries, who could know..............memories! David |
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| David, We had a mulberry tree in our yard, one across the street in the neighbors' yard (and they didn't mind if we ate the berries) and a whole lot of them at the neighborhood park across the street from my childhood home. We loved to pick and eat the mulberries! Those were the good old days. Nowadays, if there are any mulberry trees in city parks, the city's legal dept. probably has has the parks dept. put up signs with legal disclaimers stating the city is not responsible for anything that happens to you if you eat the mulberries. Times have changed. Here at our house, the birds keep planting mulberry trees and I keep removing the seedlings. If I didn't, we'd be overrun with mulberry trees. I like 'em, but I don't want them in my flower beds or veggie garden. Dawn |
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| Saw a purple bird poo streak on the car today... must be time to check for mulberry ripeness! |
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- Posted by shankins123 7aOKC (My Page) on Sun, May 8, 11 at 0:07
| Ohhhh...my brother and I used to string up a sheet under the branches of our mulberry tree..thought that was THE way to pick them all - nope - the best way was to hang out on a limb, climb out too far on a limb for that ...perfect...one...would have freaked my mom out if she'd known we were being a little too carefree!! I love mulberries...I think I need to drive around and/or take a walk to see where there just might be some getting ripe! Sharon |
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- Posted by soonergrandmom Z6 Grove (My Page) on Sun, May 8, 11 at 0:08
| Dawn, For the next swap would you pot me up one of those little seedlings? I have never grown one but I would like to grow it to a good size then maybe plant it at my son's place. He has lots of space and if nothing else it would add to the wildlife food. In fact, any kind of tree that produces something edible would be nice to add (except black walnuts). I am going to talk to him first, but maybe I will just start buying a tree now and then. He has a peach and an apple and they do great. |
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- Posted by david_74012 OK 7 (My Page) on Sun, May 8, 11 at 8:06
| Dawn, I couldn't agree with you more......times have certainly changed. For one thing, Sharon mentioned climbing the tree for the Mulberries. I can't remember the last time I saw a kid climbing a tree. Wow, if we start down this road of how times have changed, this thread could go on forever. SoonerGrandmom mentioned she would like a Mulberry seedling. I too, would like one. I entered a post a few days ago that I would like to have a Catulpa seedling and a Sassafras seedling, but no responses yet. Everyone have a blessed day and to those that still can........give Mom a hug today. David |
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| Carol, Remind me in the spring and I'll pot up a mulberry seedling for you to bring to next year's swap. They pop up every spring. Yesterday I took out a 5' tall sapling that had popped up in my bed of larkspur the last few years, and I just left it there because I never "got around to" removing it.Every spring it pops up, and every spring I cut it down but don't dig it out. This spring, it just zoomed up and got huge. I dug down in the clay, which was a whole job in and of itself, and cut it off about 4" below ground but doubt I could dig out those roots from the clay. By next year it may be up and growing again. If it is I'll get OkieTim to use his superior strength to dig up that sucker to pot up for you. Otherwise, I'll find a smaller seedling next year. David, On some not-too-distant-day when it is either raining too much (don't we wish!) to work outside or too hot to be outside, we'll have to start a "back in the good old days" thread and then we older folks can entertain the younger ones with the things we remember from back in the day. I saw your request for a Sassafras seedling and a Catalpa seedling and if I had either one, it would be yours. I spent time this last week getting rid of all the mulberries so now I don't have any seedlings to get rid of, but if new ones pop up I'll let you know. I have a nice tall mulberry tree, but it is about 15' tall so I don't think it will transplant well. : ) Catalpa trees are all over the place a few miles south of us in Thackerville's sandy soil, but I've never seen one in our neighborhood. However, we have clay and rock so I guess the catalpas have chosen to stay where they're happy down there in the sand. I've always wondered why they haven't spread further north to where we live, so think maybe the soil is the reason. Everything else here spreads like mad. Dawn |
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| David, you haven't been watching my kids. They're tree-climbing nuts. LOL By the way, I bought & planted a mulberry tree from Stark's this spring. Can't wait! (And I've already told my kids that they make GREAT trees for climbing.) Diane |
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- Posted by david_74012 OK 7 (My Page) on Sun, May 8, 11 at 22:19
| Thanks Dawn, I will look forward to the Mulberry seedling AND the "good ole days" thread. Diane, I'm glad to hear your kids are tree climbing nuts. Let 'em climb. It's good for them. Maybe they will turn out to be like everyone on this forum..........never losing touch with the kid,deep,within them. David |
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- Posted by greenacreslady 7 (My Page) on Sun, May 8, 11 at 22:57
| One of my childhood memories is playing under our neighbor's huge mulberry tree. The branches seemed to spread and then hang low, and with those huge leaves it felt like we were in our own private little fortress. It was so cool and shady under that tree. But the down side was the big purple stains we got on our clothes :). Suzie |
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