I so agree! It's actually what I request for Mother's Day every year--a few hours out in the woods with my husband and kids hunting for morels, or maybe a bike ride searching for asparagus.miss_thenorth said:
I think I have been catching on through this site. They are the ones that are long, big, ummmm spongy? I remember we had Morels at our old hosue becasue my dad would pick some mushrooms and eat them. He is an outdoorsy guy and he is still alive so I'm pretty sure they weren't deadly mushrooms.mrs.puff said:Hey Ticks-- Morels are really easy to identify, and the ones that are kinda similar are easy to distiguish as long as you use your eyes and brain. Morels are not really easy to find though, if you haven't tried it, but once you've got your mushroom goggles on you'll be seeing them everywhere.
SO DON'T FEAR!! There are lots of good guidebooks out there. If you can tell the difference between a pheasant and a chicken, you can identify a morel.
never thought of that--My bday is Mothers day weekend--maybe I'll request that too. And everytime I'm out driving in the summer--I am spotting out where asparagus is growing, so I know where to go in the spring. i have a patch growing right across the road from our house, but I know of sooooo many other places to go and pick it. I still have some asparagus in the freeer fromour foraging last spring.me&thegals said:
Ditto on both counts. Doesn't take long to memorize those spots, does it? I get obsessive, like thinking, "Okay--there's a huge patch 3 phone poles down from the bridge," or "directly across from so and so's huge pine tree"miss_thenorth said:
It has started in central WI already, at least in my garden. The wild stuff generally is a couple weeks later, I'm assuming because it's at a lower level than my garden and shaded by weeds.mrs.puff said:
No, it has sprouted from the ground, but it won't be ready to pick until around Mother's Day.me&thegals said:
