Gelso or Morus Nigra (Mulberry tree)

Yesterday we were in San Giusto and planted our first mulberry tree. It is always so exciting planting a new tree! you already know it will probably live more then you .. and I think this has something mystic, it is so beautiful to do something for more generations.

In San Giusto there were already a lot of mulberry trees (somewhere in its millenary history probably they used to raise silkworms) so it shouldn’t have problems with growing here.

Everyone told me that mulberry trees are rough and they should not need so many attentions and moreover, as they are already there, they certainly go well with San Giusto soil which is very clayey. So… let’s pray for the best:-))

We have called this tree “Gino” in the name of Gino Strada, the founder of Emergency..(for more infos see their web site).

In our garden of San Giusto we had already a “Barack” (a black figue:-)) and some other trees..whose names, of course, are those of people we do admire .. we have also a “Luigino, il susino” in the name of Don Luigi Ciotti founder of Gruppo Abele (web site) and Libera (web site).