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6 Jun 2022 2 minute read 1 comment tych0_21
This year has been a bit of a bust when it comes to edible spring mushrooms like morels. The prolonged cold followed by a seemingly overnight shift to summer-like heat has prevented many of the species that should be fruiting abundantly by now from s...
1 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments valerianis
It is amazing to see how quickly the strawberry plant can grow. The plants are already starting to bloom. The flowers will soon turn into small strawberries. I have been growing strawberries for a few years now and I never get tired of admiring the...
23 May 2022 1 minute read 6 comments tych0_21
Despite striking out with my attempts at hunting for morels this year, I have been quite successful in finding plenty of delicious oyster mushrooms to bring home for the table. Even though they were not my coveted morels, oysters are a welcome consol...
19 Apr 2021 2 minute read 1 comment tych0_21
I returned to one of my favorite forests this weekend to continue my search for morels, and although I did not find any this time (not any real ones that is), I did not leave the woods empty-handed. After an hour or so of being taunted by false morel...
11 Apr 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Agorise
Many of us are seriously looking at growing our food right now for obvious reasons, but that obviously takes time. In the meantime, we need to know exactly (from the nature around us) what is edible, and what isn't (yucky, poisonous or toxic). I grew...
11 Feb 2022 1 minute read 0 comments valerianis
In the forest that isNot dry, but moister.I am winning a quiz:Finding a huge oyster.It ain't needed to boil.Potato, onion (no cry!)—Put all of that in oilOn a good pan, then fry. Bon appétit! *** These photographs, video, and poetry are my own. Co...
