I expected that the last rain would bring out the yellow morels in my area and so today I drove out to a couple spots I know for a look. Nada. Nothing. Zip. Not a morel. Could it be possible that the premature spring followed… Read More
All posts tagged “spring”
Countdown to mushrooms?
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
BBQ
Lake Anchovy has drained away. The snow is gone. Today was beautiful. I hereby declare bbq season open at Anchovy World Headquarters. I took the winter cover off our Green Egg, found the charcoal chimney I had stashed in the shed back in the fall,… Read More
I’m sorry, I never should have said that…
Dear Mother Nature, I’m so sorry, I never should have suggested you were drunk the other day. I don’t know what got into me. It will never happen again. Now would you please make the rain stop? C’mon, please?
Spring, out back
The Garden
It was such a beautiful day today. I fired up the bbq and played with Memphis out in the yard while dinner cooked. The back yard is still a bit soggy. I started to imagine some of the things I’m going to do to enhance… Read More
Cold Morning
It is very cold this morning. We fired up the woodstove up in the family room to toast up. I see smoke coming out the chimney of the house across the way. They had the same idea. On the good news front, the days are… Read More