Risking it All for Mulberries | Harvesting 6 Varieties of Mulberry | Chicken Processing

With Spring in full swing here on the farm our temps are starting to heat up which means harvest season is upon us! Today we're harvesting one of each of our 6 different varieties of mulberries. We are also processing our Spring batch of broiler chickens.
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[@Dream-green-0274]

When work becomes a hobby you end up being in a paradise like place. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Amen to that!

[@Puaspapa]

Aloha from Hawaii… just noticed…CONGRATS on 50k subscribers!!! What an achievement!!!

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Aloha and Mahalo Steven!

[@AbidAli-bv2gl]

Excellent another video. Varieties of Mulberry, Chicken Processing , Goat, Duck. Only missed Jujube tree

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Abid! Thanks for always being so encouraging to us.

[@louiseswart1315]

Waking up fond childhood memories for me of climbing up into the thin tips of our neighbors' mulberry after "that perfectly ripe one".

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Ah yes, Louise we've been doing the same thing around here for the last couple of weeks!

[@glleon80517]

Two things: 1. I have extreme tractor envy: is there a support group for that? 2. Having enjoyed the recent Farm Day, it is very cool to watch the videos and say “I’ve been there!”

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey there George! That tractor really is invaluable for us here on the farm. And yes, you've been able to see it all up close and personal!

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Hi neighbors! You have the most beautiful mulberry trees! Crazy harvest! So far we have 2 mulberry trees and we definitely want to graft other varieties on to them. Our white mulberry still hasn't given us the goods. Crossing our fingers maybe later this year or next spring. Cheers!

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Aaron! We have been very happy with the harvest so far this year. We've already filled up on of our 10 cu ft freezers with them, so we'll need to get on the wine making here shortly!

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Huge harvest! In the next couple years we want use your techniques of making our own wine with everything we grow. 🥂

[@deecooper1567]

You two are amazing with all you do. 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Aww, thanks Dee!

[@toddstoneking9651]

Wished I could have made your farm tour a couple weeks ago. I also am impressed by how neat you farm is and how few weeds you two seem to have. Love watching your videos

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hopefully we'll get a chance to meet you in person one of these days Todd!

[@ericbowers1620]

Its amazing how things have grown and progressed there at the farm in a relatively short time. I remember those painful episodes watching you have to do all the fencing and sprinkler system. And now its all grown-up so to speak. :)

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Eric! Yeah, you've been around to see this all from scratch. I think we need to do another before and after video this Fall.

[@joshuathompson2131]

I did 19 roosters at my folks home, first time ever to do it and man was it exciting.....and messy 😂

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Woohoo! Congrats on getting that processing done. It definitely is a messy job, but the end result is hard to beat and can't be purchased from the grocery store!

[@dianaj3139]

lOVE THE PIG SOUNDS!

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Our little Kune pigs sure like to make sure you know they're there and always hungry!

[@Friesian-q6u]

Oh, the chicken thing was so hard for me. I’m glad the process isn’t featured in most of your videos🙏🏻

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Yeah, we have folks wanting us to show the whole thing, but we're trying to keep this PG rated and welcoming to everyone. A lot of folks feel the same way you do and there's just no need to show the details here on YT.

[@barbaravickroy7563]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Especially since so many other channels show the entire process. l grew up with the process, so no big deal, but have family members who are grossed out by the idea...to each his own....glad you take a step back from showing every detail.

[@irisdude]

C Clark, I know what you mean. I watched a You-Tube video of a famous farmer named Joe Salatin processing a dozen or so chickens from A to Z at some conference, and I definitely got queezy during parts of it. Fortunately, knowing the process, this video didn't make me queezy at all...the editing was done well.

[@hiddenvalleyfarmstead]

Lol I wouldn't trust Sharon while I'm up on a bucket like that 🤣🤣 We definitely want to get some Shangri-La Mulberries growing!! I do like how "bushy" those everbearing varieties are also. Would love a video dedicated to which fruit ripens per month. I was listening to your "favorite" by month and that sounds so awesome to get fresh fruit each month!! Also, I would love a video on your tractor. I could definitely use a small older/cheap one lol Anyways, thanks for another great video!!!

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Kylan! We do plan on getting a video out there with the monthly ripening once we have all of the different varieties ripening fruit. We did a video on the tractor a couple years ago. I'll link that for you here; kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXTSf2h_lslojZY

[@dremit97]

Do you keep an eye on the ground water levels for your well? Has it gone up with all the rain?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Great question Andre. We have not done a test on our well, but our neighbors put their well in a few hundred feet from ours and the water was pretty much the same level as ours. With all the runoff we're having this year though, I imagine it's moved up a few inches.

[@thomasa5619]

I’ve been curious about this too, as I know you use water on most of the farm I have seen videos about Geoff lawton creating a food forest in Jordan, which I’m sure has a similar climate to Arizona

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

@@thomasa5619 One of the major advantages to being here in Wittmann is our aquifer is VERY stable with all of the restrictions in place. It's also fed from a river that runs about 6 miles West of us and it's actually an underground river that runs year round.

[@thomasa5619]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm ahh nice that helps things

[@jgzdesign]

Where in the PHX area can I pick up a few ShangriLa Mulberry trees?

[@toddstoneking9651]

I don't know where Duane and Lori got theirs but I got a couple from Shamus O'Leary nursery in South Phoenix

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Jennifer. It looks like Todd has a great suggestion. These trees were propagated from a tree on the old farm that we purchased from Shamus several years ago!

[@flutterby.222]

Shamus is usually higher priced (and from my experience, lower customer service if you have any issues with your purchas). I got mine from A Tropical Concept (near Shamus), some other local individualy owned Nurseries that will typically carry them are Queen Creek Tropical (great prices and all my trees from them have done well). AZ Fruit Trees, and maybe Tropica Mango (I can't remember if I've seen them there but I would think so). I LOVE my Shangri-La Mulberry tree!

[@danielfisch655]

We love our Persian mulberry tree and want to plant either a Pakistani or Shangri-La variety. Been busy sourcing and planting 3 Peruvian apple trees at our house and 1 at our daughters’ house, and rooting a few more cuttings from a friend, planting 1 Barbados cherry at our house and 1 at our daughters’ house, and planting 4 nopales at our house and 2 at our daughters’ house that we rooted. Great video and thank you for sharing.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Wow Daniel, you sound like us with all of that tree planting going on! Non-stop.

[@flutterby.222]

Shangri-La all the way! I have both, I love my Shangri-La but I'm disappointed with my Pakistani for all the reasons mentioned in the video (and more). I'm actually thinking I want to graft a white or green variety onto my Pakistani.

[@davidhorst9203]

3 things guys. 1 love what you are doing and the great movies. 2 you may try to shake the mulberries off the tree into a sheet or tarp to catch them. May save some time and work. 3. I have noticed other youtubers dunk their chickens in ice water after the wrapping portion of processing. This drops the chickens temps significantly and lessens the time to freeze them. It can be difficult for a deep freezer to free all those birds at once.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey David. We do use a tarp with those Everbearing mulberries once more of the fruit is ripe, so great suggestion there. We also have the chickens in ice water prior to bagging. It definitely helps to get them frozen quickly!

[@pmstff700]

I just found your channel and I’m so glad as I too live in Phoenix and can’t seem to grow anything:(. I’m going to have a binge watch this weekend!

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Glad you found us! We have a lot of content out there over the last several years, so it may be easier to search by playlist. We try to break everything down there, so you can focus on certain topics. Any questions as you go, please comment!

[@marschlosser4540]

Sum-buddy needs a cherry picker for Christmas! Last year, the Pakistan gave me 2 or 3 mulberries. This year I've been eating them daily. BTW, last week, strawberries were my favorite fruit. Now, mulberries. Yeah, Pakistan loses berries all the time. The birds got the shakes from trying to rob the tree in the wind. Now they just hang out under the tree with beaks open. A ground squirrel tried to climb it, but gave up. There are 3 main stems and a lot of volunteers. I figure one main stem goes each winter, replaced by a good volunteer. As fast as they grow, I may have to do that. All new volunteers are 3-4 feet high and likely 3 times that by winter. The 3 everbearing are growing well. One thing that needs doing is pick some tips for a salad. ! hast, kids.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Martin, what variety strawberry do you grow? Do they come back each year?

[@marschlosser4540]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm No idea of the variety. I got them from a woman selling rooted runners. She lives in Tucson and said they do great there. These are under the Thompson grape with 45% shade cloth around the bed. they get water almost daily. When the worm beds get cleaned out, they'll get some of that and, I hope, send out a lot of runners. Ih, and when you plant, use bird netting. Birds were pulling out the new plants. The old bed got too much summer sun and killed most of the plants. The survivors were potted up in 1 part peat and 2 parts sandy soil. They get some sun and were in bloom but some locita (loony woman) snuck into the yard and cut them all off above the crown. Did the same to 2 loquats in pots, and other things. Now the gates get locked at night. niio

[@derek9285]

That’s a lot of mulberry trees, are you selling to a store?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Eventually we plan on having a few weeks of U-pick for folks. We almost had enough production to do that this year, so unless things go sideways we should have that up and running next year.

[@irisdude]

It may not have been OSHA approved, but OMG was it genious! Mulberry wine...that sounds fantastic. Pomegranite wine or brandy sounds good too, even peach wine. Have you done any other wine variations besides mulberries? I would definitely like to get some processed chickens from you when available. How do I get in on that? I don't recall any notification they were ready for sale. Were they all preorder? I bet your pigs pigged out on the chicken innards. What do you do with the chicken feet? Do you sell them too? They make really nice gelatinous broth when you include them in the making of chicken bone broth.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

We have made several different types of fruit wine at this point. Peach, Apple, Mulberry, Plum, Blackberry, Pomegranate and fig. We've also made grape wines with our Flame, Thompson and Monukka grapes and now the Syrah, Cabernet and Zinfandel as well. We have a few bottles of wine around here! We don't normally advertise the chickens for sale (we have a few regulars that buy from us year round and usually sell them all that way), but if you're able to make it out to the farm we can set a couple aside for you. You can email us for details. I'm not sure if you're on our customer email list, but when we do have items for sale and events that's the only way we advertise those.

[@irisdude]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Ganache and Syrah grapes blend real well together. They make up some of my favorite Rhone wines. I don't know if Genache grows well here, but if it does, you could grow some to blend if you like that taste. It's like a nice fruity table wine, nothing fancy. I'm on your email list so I'll definitely look out for that. In the mean time I have several whole chickens in my freezer so I am good for now. When I run low I'll check with you. I'd MUCH RATHER buy pasture-raised chickens locally from you guys, especially since I got to see them being raised a few weeks ago at your open house. I have had a few pasture-raised chickens before and OMG the difference - I love them!

[@matts3729]

How/where do you sell your chickens? Direct to consumer? Online advertisement? Farmer's market?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey there Matt. We sell everything direct to consumer, including the chickens. Usually the chickens sell out pretty fast.

[@matts3729]

​@@EdgeofNowhereFarmAwesome. Thanks for the reply.

[@tbjtbj4786]

Guys if you get down to fl. Stop in and get cutting of the native's ones here. I still have a few berry's on the tree . Do you think if I smoohes them that the seed would be viable?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

I would think the seeds would still be viable as long as they're not cracked.

[@tbjtbj4786]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm ok i will see if there any left tomorrow

[@tbjtbj4786]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm hey I got the berry's mashed them got as much juice out as I could Have them in a paper towel drying on the dash of the truck

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Can bamboo be grown in your area?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Yes, bamboo can definitely be grown here. Most folks plant clumping bamboo, so it doesn't spready too badly. Our sugar cane is basically a clumping bamboo.

[@OnlyNaturally]

Did you save any of the livers, etc? Have been out of touch for awhile and was just thinking it was about harvest time for those chickens...

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey there Frances! No, we didn't save any this time around. They all went to the piggies. Hope you guys are doing well!

[@helpisonthewaytutoring4259]

I've trained my mulberry down/horizontal with rocks and prune to promote fruiting wood. Only 6/7 feet tall and 10 foot horizontal span but I get almost 10 lbs off it just in the spring fruiting (it's an everbearing one).

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

That's a great way to keep that fruit down nice and low for harvest!

[@carolleenkelmann4751]

Hello, you two wonderful people. I like the Favourites according to the month of harvest .I love apples and peaches and figs. We had Mulberrys from our neighbours huge, ancient tree. Mulberry jam and Mulberry Pie. Yummy, childhood memories. Never had it since then. It, the mulberry tree, also fed my silk worms. I wonder what colour the fig leaves would make the silk if they even ate the fig leaves? I know we used to give the silk worms lettuce to get white silk. What if you turned your Farm into a silk-worm farm? it's not quite the same as Mulberry wine, is it? those chickens were huge! Didn't bother the other chickens being right next to the slaughter (dispatching) area? Good luck to you both.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey there Carolle! Mulberries really are hard to beat. We'll be harvesting those for the next month or so before we start making wine this Summer. Not sure about those silk worms! The chickens pretty much just want food and usually wind up just sitting there until we pull out.

[@maxsmith5984]

They say that Mulberries can live for 500-1,000 years. Now that's ancient!

[@TigerWon]

Jelly, our mulberry trees still look like they are barely hanging on. One died before we moved in over a year ago. This year they are much more green than last year but still no fruit. I as well as the horses trim them up to grow higher. Previous owner didnt do any trimmings. Jelly you are getting fruit already.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Nathan! Any ideas what varieties you have growing? There are a lot of old mulberry trees around town that are non-fruiting (male).

[@tdepke]

How is the Illinois everbearing Mulberry standing up to the crazy heat you get? Smiling and producing more or does it suffer more than the other varieties?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

They do well with the heat compared to a couple of the other varieties we have. The Shangri La for example will lose most of it's leaves in Mid-Summer, but the everbearing hangs right in there.

[@RobertBee-fs8hv]

What is the ourpose of dipping the bagged chuckens in a tub of water @ the 4:02 time mark

[@RobertBee-fs8hv]

I'm surprised you don't shake the mulberry tree to harvest the berries . What do you do with the mulberry . Sale them. Eat them or what

[@RobertBee-fs8hv]

Should the fruiting branches on a mulberry be renewed after th first year of fruit production like is done on grapes or will you get plenty of fruit production on 3 or 4 year old fruiting wood?

[@RobertBee-fs8hv]

Ever bearing mulberry. I'm not familiar with them .Do they fruit continously throughout the growing season or more like a burst of late spring crop and a later crop say in August or September

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

I'll try to get all of these answered for you. The bags we use are shrink bags that expel most of the trapped air when dipped in 180 degree water. This reduces the chance of freezer burn. We do shake the mulberry trees for harvesting once or twice during peak season, but it takes almost as long to sort through all of the material (woodchips, bird poop, bugs, leaves, unripe fruit, etc) as it would to harvest them all by hand. After this year we will offer mulberry picking to our customer list. For now we use it daily in smoothies and also to make wine. Mulberries fruit on new growth that is produced on wood that is at least a year old, so that older wood can give you productive shoots just as well as younger wood. The Everbearing does produce during the entire growing season in some climates, but it only produces in the Spring for us here in AZ.

[@maxsmith5984]

Do you 2 prefer Morus Nigra or Morus Alba mulberries? Every article I read says the Morus Nigra is the better Mulberry, however Lori did say her favorite was the Shangra La (Morus Alba) Lori, what is your favorite Pluerry variety and why?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

The Shangri La is our personal favorite, but the Black Pakistan and Illinois Everbearing are also very good. As for Pluerry, the only variety we have is the Sweet Treat, so I wouldn't be able to compare it to another variety. It's a good balance of sweet and tart in my opinion.

[@maxsmith5984]

Thank you so much! It can be tough choosing any variety of edible plants, especially if you have never grown that plant. 😀@@EdgeofNowhereFarm

[@taylorvanbuskirk8040]

We're so used to seeing the chicken frozen and all wrapped up in tight plastic....but when you call live chickens, "Nuggets..." and then say..."Today's the day!!!" LOL! Going through that process is a whole different mentality...from "Nugget to...See ya!! Ouch! I think I want one.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Yeah, it's definitely an experience I think everyone who is a meat eater needs to go through at least once. You see your food in a whole different light after that.

[@taylorvanbuskirk8040]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm, you got that right.

[@flutterby.222]

What did Lori say her 3rd favorite fruit is? I rewached it several times but can't tell. Is it "plu-erry"?? (*My CC says its either "blue Aries" and/or "blueberries" but I'm sure that's not right...)

[@flutterby.222]

I mean, the 3rd on her list of fist favorites. 😉

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Ah yes, you are right it's pluerry. We have 2 varieties on this farm and they are definitely one of the better tasting "plum" type fruits we grow.

[@johac7637]

OSHA approved, get yourself a true picking ladder, 3 legs. Be safe, don't plan your Kubota accident.

[@threeriversforge1997]

Those three-legged ladders are so handy around the homestead! Pricey, but worth it any time you need to get up high.

[@johac7637]

@@threeriversforge1997 and very stable. I might bring them one from Canada, the trees are getting replaced with grapes, so they are cheap.

[@threeriversforge1997]

@@johac7637 I wish they made smaller ones for indoor use. Lots of older homes have uneven floors that make even step-ladders a bit wobbly. The three-legged orchard ladders are all too tall, unfortunately. If they're cheap enough, you might want to buy a few of them and market the things to the landscaping crews. They're just now starting to become known in that circle. Why it's taken so long... I have no idea.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Yeah, eventually we may have to make that investment.

[@johac7637]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Hey, I'll bring you one from Canada, I'm getting one for myself, used of course, lots around as people are putting in grapes, what height do you think, they start at 6 feet, I'll get a 10 as I think mush higher the trees don't take the wind, I'm thinking ahead for the Cherry trees. My 3 Royals all are doing great, ordered 4 for free shipping and I got it for a friend, re shipping, free. It's doing well too. Got all 3 varieties, hopefully the rootstock is suited for our dirt, I've not grown on it before, suited for heavy soils, hopefully.

[@lovaleriemullins5813]

Had to stop watching, but appreciate your skill.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

I'm assuming it was the chicken processing?

[@tammywehner3269]

#9 but firsties in comments!

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Tammy!! Thank you for starting out the comments today!!

[@matolabrown6832]

👍👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Matola!! How are things in the tropics these days?

[@matolabrown6832]

Things are OK. Very hot right now.

[@matolabrown6832]

From the time I planted the apple tree it didn’t really grow much

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

@@matolabrown6832 yeah, I was wondering how that would do for you. It may be the root stock. I can't imagine there are too many folks growing an apple tree down there!

[@taylorvanbuskirk8040]

Maybe I've missed it but, you never tell us what you do with all this fruit and stuff you harvest.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Mulberries are pretty much all frozen to be used for smoothies and wine. Wine is the destiny for a more than a few different fruits around here! We do plan on eventually selling some as well once the trees are a little larger.

[@taylorvanbuskirk8040]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm, OK...I know this a personal question, but how do you make money to keep up this enormous but "fabulous" farm?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

@@taylorvanbuskirk8040 I (Duane) still work off farm FT which helped to fund the startup, but now the farm supports itself. I'll link a video here where we talked about ways we make money; kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZqzamV3pJh_mKs

[@paulw2872]

Why do you think u pakistan mulberry won't fruit? Been 3 years and fruited only 10 berries. 😢

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hmm, I'm really not sure as we have had the trees in the ground for just over 2 years and it's producing very heavy. Are you here in the Phoenix area?

[@paulw2872]

@EdgeofNowhereFarm yeah in phoenix. Tree is huge and gorgeous just no fruit or flowers. It's about 20 feet

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

@@paulw2872 that is definitely not normal. When did it give you those 10 berries and did they ripen all the way?

[@paulw2872]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm early in the season. They took a while to rippen.

[@paulw2872]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm hopefully give me a second crop? Idk🫤

[@YouTubePurgetheblackplague]

OSHA only shows up after your dead that's why it's called OSHA

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

I suppose dying while harvesting mulberries isn't the worst way to go...

[@KimandFrank]

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey guys!!