Sorry! The camera is in Ecuador with Rusty...check his video blog in the sidebar for more details there. ;o)
On Saturday, we (Hannah, Hyrum, Naomi and I) went out during one of Nate's naps to harvest some mulberries off of our cute little mulberry tree.
This tree is our entire garden right now, so Hannah and I dote on it. I even ripped out a whole bunch of poison ivy, by hand, from around the trunk this winter. That rash was worth it, man! Anyway, we get about two or three weeks of berry crops, harvesting a couple gallons every three days or so. They don't taste of much, but they make smoothies a really cool purple, and the pies are quite nice.
We spread out old sheets under the tree, then I had Hannah climb up in the tree and shake the branches. I shook the outer limbs and used a long pole to reach the upper branches. All the berries rained down on the sheets, as well as Naomi and Hyrum. ;o) Hyrum wasn't too keen on the idea and bailed, but Naomi loved it! She picked up berry after berry, squishing them one by one. Purple hands, purple feet, so much fun! Then, when I moved her so I could gather up the sheets and pour the berries in the bowls, she took off down the driveway- straight for the mud! And giggling all the way. When I brought her inside, her top half was blotches of deep purple, and her bottom half was mud monster. And she was grinning ear to ear! Such a cutie. She and Hannah went straight to the tub- mud soup, people. Proof of a fun day!
