What did you do in the garden today?

[Peep_Show]

We had a large False Morel sprout up in the front yard. It was positively phallic. At first I thought "Morel jackpot!!" but then research revealed it was nothing to get excited about.

Our elder dog that we're pretty sure has dementia may just be tripping. I've caught her grazing the lawn a couple of times and -- lo and behold -- it looks like her snout-down favorite area contains little Liberty Caps.... well, some type of lawny mushroom, anyway.

 

[3goodeggs]

False morels?
I looked it up .It is kind of other worldly, like some marvel comic villain.

Down here, we just assume it will all kill you.
Hope your dog improves.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Fiddle heads grow everywhere here...That's why I'm surprised that you have trouble finding them there....But there are lots of ferns that produce fiddles so mine might be different than yours and you got to pick then quick while still small...But yummy bean like flavor (nutty).

 

[LittleLakePhil]

We call false morels ...beef steaks some people eat them I won't

 

[Bugseye]

Yeh, Peep-Show, I'll bet that those white phallic things that grow in my lawn are also false morels. I'm hoping to meet someone who can show me the ins and outs of mushroom hunting in north Idaho. It got rather crazy busy at harvest time, and now I have a lot of catching up to do on this thread. I so agree with all the posts on walking just for the sake of walking. My yard is big enough--and on a slope--that just walking up and dragging up the cart and tools to garden satisfy my need to exercise. That, and running over to the chicken coop to tend to the girls. I pulled all the tomato plants this week and put them in the garage; had hoped to hang them but ran out of time before leaving home for a week, so we'll see what becomes of them. I didn't get the hoops up, so my extended-season stuff may not pan out this year. We'll see. Anyway, I'm happy to have gotten all the experience I did in this new climate, and it went pretty well considering I didn't know what I was doing. The potatoes are still out there, with temperatures getting into the 30s at night. I think I have to bring them in when I get back home. Over the summer I just layered straw over them when the leaves grew up, so it will be interesting to see what has happened in there. I know the Yukon Golds produced some good things; waiting to see what happened with the Russets. I've loaded the garden with straw and pine needles. Soil was way alkaline, and I hope that helps. My experiment with beets and carrots didn't go well, as I didn't fork that section of the dirt. With the straw on there, should I pull it back in spring and dig the soil to loosen it for root crops, or will it take care of itself? I hate disturbing the mycorrhizae and earthworms.

 

[Peep_Show]

Nuts!!!!
I've been shooing crows out of the front yard pecan tree the past couple of mornings and this afternoon I walked out the front door and a squirrel convention high-tailed it out of the tree. Yup. Pecans are ready to harvest. We spent the afternoon picking the opening pods off the tree.... If we waited for the traditional nut drop we'd be second in line and out of luck behind the critters that live in the cedar berm just across the driveway. Luckily they were easy to shuck.

26 lbs!

 

[lazy gardener]

Nice haul!

 

[politicalcenter]

Nuts!!!!
I've been shooing crows out of the front yard pecan tree the past couple of mornings and this afternoon I walked out the front door and a squirrel convention high-tailed it out of the tree. Yup. Pecans are ready to harvest. We spent the afternoon picking the opening pods off the tree.... If we waited for the traditional nut drop we'd be second in line and out of luck behind the critters that live in the cedar berm just across the driveway. Luckily they were easy to shuck.

26 lbs!

That is a nice haul and aren't pecans the best? The squirrels have been ahead of us but we do get a few.

I like to make a nice Waldorf salad and use pecans instead of walnuts.

My fall garden is doing great. We have enough greens for the family picked already and most of the rest of them will go to feed the animals.

 

[Peep_Show]

The pecans are curing right now.... And, funny thing, we've got them on top of the portable chicken run pen that we haven't figured out where to store. They're just sitting on top of the screen and getting lots of air circulation. Recycle, reuse, repurpose......

 

[LindaB220]

Nuts!!!! I've been shooing crows out of the front yard pecan tree the past couple of mornings and this afternoon I walked out the front door and a squirrel convention high-tailed it out of the tree. Yup. Pecans are ready to harvest. We spent the afternoon picking the opening pods off the tree.... If we waited for the traditional nut drop we'd be second in line and out of luck behind the critters that live in the cedar berm just across the driveway. Luckily they were easy to shuck. 26 lbs!

Nice haul!! Pronounced pe-cawns ha