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
The shot above shows oyster mushrooms on a dead tree in the woods. As you can see, they’re pretty high up. I found a long sapling on the forest floor and used it to knock some of them down. I only found three trees with… Read More
…that I wasn’t dependent on finding morels and ramps for dinner because I failed to find the goodies I was looking for. Rats! I had a good visit with Tuffy Sr. in the morning and then more or less headed north and west, in search… Read More
I’ll be up in a community just north of the City this morning, visiting with Tuffy’s dad, who is recovering from some surgery. I think I’m going to spend much of the rest of the day north of there, looking for morels and ramps. Some… Read More
On Sunday, I’m going to meet up with my brother Salvelinas in an effort to find a few morels. Since we’ve had little rain, I’m not too confident we’re going to find mushrooms, but it is a chance to take the dogs for a good… Read More
I started foraging for mushrooms last year, sometime after morel season, so this will be the first year I’ll be out there looking for those strange brain-like mushrooms. Yesterday after work, I took the dogs out for a little field trip to see if perhaps… Read More
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