My brother the trout, Salvelinas Fontinalis, took me to a top secret morel spot today. How secret was it? It was so secret, I had to drive blindfolded. Secret handshakes were involved. Some of them were yellow; others were more greyish. Here’s a huge one!… Read More
The dogs and I met up with Salvelinas for a few hours in the woods today. We were hoping to find some black morels or maybe even stumble into some ramps. Unfortunately we found neither, but we did find a mess of fiddleheads.
My sister and her husband have foxes living on their property…she sent me this pic tonight
I emerged from the (enchanted) urban forest.
I’ve driven by this spot many times without ever venturing in. There is more forest than you would expect, including some very large trees. Maybe I’ll find mushrooms here sometime during the season.
We’ve been experiencing unseasonably cool temperatures here in Southern Ontario. I wonder how much that will affect the timing of the fruiting of morels this season. I wish I had a better understanding of the triggers that cause various mushrooms to appear. Is the primary… Read More
The warmer weather has got me thinking about foraging for wild mushrooms. It’s only a matter of weeks until the morels make an appearance in Southern Ontario. I should say elusive morels because last year I was spectacularly unsuccessful in my quest for morels for… Read More
My brother the trout, Salvelinas Fontinalis, reports that the first morel of the year has been found near Knoxville. As we get into spring, they’ll be found further and further north and should start appearing near Anchovy Town some time in May. This is a… Read More
Not that I’m anxious for winter to be over or anything like that…. ….but in fewer than 90 sleeps, trout will be poking their noses out of the water to gobble up emerging Epherella subvaria mayflies and the elusive morel will be poking its head… Read More
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