We have had a relatively coolish spring, and May has been record tying/breaking rainy. I have struggled to keep up with the yardwork between raindrops–our yard has looked like a hayfield at times. BUT, the rain has also been good for the gardens. We’ll start out by the garden shed. This is the asparagus thatContinue reading “Garden Update–All this rain has been good for something…”
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Spring Gardening–Shitakes
So in the EARLY spring of 2023, my husband innoculated some sweet gum logs with shitake spores. We forced them to fruit last fall by soaking them in our big wagon filled with water. We did the same thing again this spring, and were aided by TONS of rain this spring. Here are some photosContinue reading “Spring Gardening–Shitakes”
More Mushrooms–Maitake edition
My husband was feeling really ambitious when he was shopping for mushrooms, so in addition to the shitake spawn and all the tools, he also bought Maitake spawn, also known as Hen of the Woods. So the process for this type of mushroom is VERY different from the shitake mushrooms that we did. First ofContinue reading “More Mushrooms–Maitake edition”
Forsythia Update
The forsythia that we planted back in 2021–some in the spring and some in the fall–have really come into their own. They are HUGE, which is a little hard to tell from these photos. For those of you that weren’t here back then, we ordered bare root forsythia bushes (Lynnwood Gold) from Musser Forests inContinue reading “Forsythia Update”
Cathy At Home on the River 