Doreen has kindly sent in this tip for readers to use:

We live on a lifestyle block and have 3 mulberry trees. We picked fresh mulberry leaves and dried it in a microwave oven and then put the dried leaves in a blender and hi presto, we had fine, beautiful grass for the scenery costing us next to nothing. Just bag it and keep it until you need it. The first batch was done about 4 months ago and the color is still absolutely perfect.

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