• Fungi, Geology, Hiking, Mushrooms - Edible, Native Plants, Native Trees, Nature Study, Ripe in Spring, Things to Do, Wild Foraged Food

How to Train Your Eyes to Spot Morels (Photo Essay)

I decided to write a photo essay with variously camouflaged morels from the southeastern woodlands. I’ve also written a couple other tutorials on morel hunting which you can find here: How to Find Edible Morel Mushrooms (With Recipes) How to Follow Morel Etiquette When I first became interested in morel hunting I spent some time on Google images trying to…

• Butterfly & Hummingbird Gardening, Catalogs/Nurseries/Sources, Edible Flowers, Heirlooms, Kitchen Gardens/Potagers, Organic Roses, Ornamental Edibles, Pests & Diseases, Plant in Fall, Plant in Spring, Ripe in Fall, Ripe in Summer, Rose Hips, Shade/Part Sun Edibles, Unusual Fruits

How to Choose Disease Resistant Rose Varieties to Grow Organically (With Sources List)

I’m an organic gardener and I grow a lot of roses — about 50 varieties of them. They don’t look like sticks with a bow on top and I don’t treat them any better than my other garden perennials. I plant mine in the same amended soil I use for the rest of my plants, fertilize them a couple times…