Despite that this is only the 2nd season for this tree, the new little branches have the beginnings of mulberries at each new leaf node. That's very cool. I think it will be easy to maintain this tree at a small "Backyard Orchard Culture" size with judicious pruning. It will be fun to eat some mulberries this year.
This tree has interesting leaves. I like that.
If they are good, mulberries will be a great backyard crop. Mulberries are too tender to transport to grocery stores, so the only way to get them is to grow your own. In that way, they are like figs, which can be transported only if picked so early they taste awful and turn people off from figs, or transported dried or newtonized.
The mulberry leaves are used to feed silk worms. They love it. You can put the silk worms in a box and give them some fresh leaves to feed on. In a few days they'll make their silk coocoon nests and turn into butterflies after they hatch out of it.
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