"enigma" wrote in message
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"brooklyn1" wrote in
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In your situation I would rely more on rooting cuttings than
layering... with layering someone would need to see to regular
watering. Perhaps you can use both methods simultaneously. But
were it me I'd bring home some branches in a bucket of water.

yes, i could do that, thanks.

Be warned you're liable to be very old before you see any
berries... you may do better to buy some saplings. I adore
Chinese weeping mulberry. My neighbor diagonally across the
road has some lovely ancient ones in front of her 200+ year old
farm house, those mulberrys are probably as old:
http://i41.tinypic.com/xlw482.jpg

are the weeping mulberry black or white? white mulberry is an
invasive here, but black mulberry is native. those are very nice
looking trees though. i do like weeping cultivars...

I think they're black, or very dark red.

Btw, that's my hay.

well, it beats mowing every week, but what do you do with the hay?
i see quite a few places that hay the big round bales & just leave
them to rot at the field's edge (or worse, out in the middle of the
field). can you use it as mulch or is it too seedy?
i've got 10+ acres of pasture, but the 4 llamas & 2 goats keep it
'mowed'. it's too hilly & rocky to hay anyway.

I have a neighbor down the road who raises beef cattle, he hays my land and
pays my taxes. The farmers around here always leave about 10% of the bales
so the deer will have food for winter. Whatever is left in spring they
collect and use for bedding.