Thursday morning cup of hot tea here as I listen to thunder rumble in the distance. Rain is forecasted for the next 2 days so I will put the garden away and concentrate on some housework and cooking. Thought I would share some more pictures of the gardens. The gooseberries above are swelling now and all the 8 bushes have berries on them now. Yesterday I got all my broccoli and cabbage plants in the boxes. They were the perfect size and ready for their permanent homes in the garden. Planting them right before rain will allow them to acclimate for the next two raiy days and not even wilt. Also got some romaine plants in...
There is barely a square yard anywhere in our woods, right now, that is not growing some type(s) of fungi. With all of the rain we have had and the milder temperatures, it seems that the conditions have been perfect for the fruiting bodies of the underground mycelial network to emerge. Walking in the woods becomes a veritable scavenger hunt for mushrooms.It's one of my favorite things to do. We walk off trail and keep our eyes focused on the forest floor - looking for irregularities of shape and color. Invariably, our eyes settle upon some type of mushroom. One area of our woods has a large number of these white mushrooms. They are called...