Black Mulberries are so ripe and juicy that they just melt in your mouth.
juicy-mulberry
This is a bumper year for mulberries.
mulberries-on-tree
The trees are laden and the fruit is of excellent quality.
mulberry-tree-harvest
The tree in this picture was grown from a cutting – the mother tree was in Patrington Rectory.
Mulberries
So many mulberries are found in Rectories. The story is that Queen Anne decreed that all rectories should have a mulberry tree – to support the silk trade!
mulberry leaf, fruit & 5p-piece
Silk worms feed on the mulberry leaves.
We will certainly be able to feed on the juicy mulberries we have put in the freezer over the winter!
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Thousands of Fresh Air children embarked on free summer vacations this summer through the Fresh Air Fund .
fresh air
Dedicated host families have opened their homes to a Fresh Air child for up to two weeks during the summer & these children have wonderful summer memories.
The majority of Fresh Air children are from low-income communities, whose families are often without the resources to send their children on summer vacations. Most inner-city youngsters grow up in towering apartment buildings without large, open, outdoor play spaces. Concrete playgrounds cannot replace the freedom of:
- Running barefoot through the grass
- Riding bikes down country lanes
- Playing in the backyard
- Laughing in the sunshine
- Catching fireflies
- Learning to swim
- Gazing at the stars on moonlit nights
- Building sandcastles
- Making new friends
- Simple pleasures of life away from the inner-city
Thanks to the fresh air fund, thousands of children have realised how good it is to be outside.
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The Lincolnshire Scad Plum may soon be available for sale!
This very late, small, wild plum has almost disappeared. But Paul Davy has sent me the news that young specimens grown from a Lincolnshire site may become available from Autumn 2012. Stock will inevitably be limited for several seasons.
Please click this link to enquire in Autumn 2011 for an update on the Lincolnshire Scad Plum.
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