This time of year is one of our busiest times: Matt's landscaping business is in full swing, our own garden is plenty of work, and there are so many things we want to look for in the wild!
What are you seeing out there lately? Leave us a comment!
Morel season usually starts in early April and goes for several weeks.
Sometimes when we're looking for morels I give up and start pulling out invasive
garlic mustard instead. It makes me feel like I'm at least getting something useful done, and every once in a while this strategy has even uncovered a mushroom for me. Check out the recipe for garlic mustard pesto in the comments to our previous post -- it has become a spring staple in our house.
Bear corn by The Natural Capital
Bear corn often catches my eye at morel season as it emerges, because it's about the same size and general shape as a morel -- but it's not a mushroom, it's a parasitic plant.
Dogwoods also tend to have a similar season to morels. In fact, when they start blooming is when we really start looking in earnest for mushrooms. But there's a lot to look at in the dogwoods themselves.
And then there are the
bluebells.
William Cullina
says of bluebells , "As best I can determine,
Mertensias are not plants at all, but delicate clumps of sky, thinly disguised and sent here for a few weeks each year to bring us earth-bound folks briefly closer to heaven." There are some patches still holding on out there -- this week may be your last week to catch any of these lovely flowers.
Earth from Galileo (
NASA)
Speaking of earth-bound, Earth Day is April 22. It's hard to look for the big-picture earth while you're standing on it, but our post has a way to
feel the earth move.
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