Five things to do in the garden this week:

Fruits . Weeping mulberry is a remarkable tree that you may wish to plant this fall or winter in its dormant state. To appreciate it, I urge you to view a short video produced by Michael Dolan, of Burnt Ridge Nursery & Orchards. To access the video, search “weeping mulberry Burnt Ridge.” In the video, Dolan stands next to a weeping mulberry around five feet tall with a canopy that has expanded laterally to around 10 feet. The branches, all of which touch the ground, have the look of a green waterfall, It is a self-fertile mulberry (Morus alba var. Pendula) that has been producing fruit for 30 years and has never been pruned. Fruit is harvested from June until September. Dolan calls the mulberries it produces “among the sweetest of all fruits,”

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