Fresh mulberry leaves for silkworms? (Albuquerque: live, restaurant, eat)

[bentlyslc]

My kids recently went to the ABQ biopark and saw some silkworms. They fell in love with them, particularly when the worms are eating the mulberry leaves. Does anyone know where I can get some fresh mulberry leaves in Albuquerque? I heard mulberry trees are prohibited in ABQ, unless it’s fruitless. That makes them even harder to find. I understand that silkworms can live with powdered chow, but it’s not as fun to watch anymore. I’m ordering the eggs online and pretty soon we will need fresh mulberry leaves.

[ABQConvict]

Fruitless mulberry are very easy to find in Albuquerque. In my experience, they outnumber normal Mulberry trees 100-1.

There are probably over a hundred fruitless Mulberry trees in the UNM/Nob Hill area, predating the ordinance against new plantings. The only ones I know that are not growing on private property are a row of 5 or 6 of them on the southwest side of the 100 block of Harvard Dr SE in the Harvard Mall/Bricklight District, right across from El Patio restaurant.

Of course within the next couple of weeks, their leaves are going to turn a brilliant yellow before subsequently falling from the limbs.

[naport]

Last I knew, there was a huge mulberry tree in the median on Ridgecrest...as you head towards the "chevy on a stick," it is in the median section just past the big park on the left (just past the left turn that runs along the side of the park.)