I leave an old sheet under the mulberry tree to catch whatever falls to the ground. But the chipmunks, birds, chickens and now a little frog found my secret. Today’s forage and harvest. The biggest garlic bulbs I’ve grown so far.
Sooo many blackberry flowers!
Is a beautiful day today after all the rain we got.
Ramps
3 years ago I bought a few bulbs to get a patch established. 2 years ago I harvested seeds from them which i planted and now I have 1yr old baby ramps! I’m so inspired now and by Sam Thayer’s Ramp video that I’m going to look for ramp seeds to plant again this year.
Carrot harvest in December.
Foraging: hen of the woods is out!! I could not find any last year and decided to do a quick check after work today. Guess what’s for dinner tonight? I’ll be able to dry some for later.
Foraging. Wild black cherries. This tree is covered!!
This is just one dewberry plant. I have to set a timer on my alarm to stop picking!
Abundant nature. We have so many black raspberries. We’re eating them for breakfast every day and I freeze the rest. Will make pie filling at the end of the season with all the frozen berries. The entire back of our property has them growing under the trees.
Morels!! 3 years ago I walked into the woods to check for dead trees which may fall towards the hoop house when we wanted to put it up and found morels. We’ve been picking them here every year. Tonight we will have them with our steak.
Wine Cap mushrooms contain fiber, vitamin D, amino acids, protein, iron, copper, and some calcium. I spread the spores over my garden and saw so many today. Most are too big already so I harvested the smaller ones to eat and spread the older ones to other parts of the garden for a bigger harvest next year.
Composting team❤️
The team is hard at work making compost from the house and garden waste.
The greenhouse is definitely worth it. We’ve been eating fresh greens for weeks now. I planted in a square foot pattern. Lots of cilantro, 3 types of kale, more arugula than we can eat, broccolini daily, Pak Choi was great, parsley, sorrel, all while the beets carrots tomatoes peppers cucumbers are getting ready for the hot weather. Best part is no bugs that eat my plants. Which also means hand pollination for the fruiting plants.