[Augie]

All this talk about morel mushrooms is making decide to share about a Wild Morel & Leek Jack cheese by Meister that’s just incredible when shredded and melted over steak.

That sounds amazing. I'm gonna have to try it.

I managed to catch a few more last week. Some of these had a bit of frostbite on them but that's no big deal - just snip the bad stuff off and they're good to go. We've eaten most of the freshest ones already. I gave a gallon or so away to a couple of my neighbors who can't get around good enough to find their own. I've got a couple gallons dehydrating to save for later, and the really junky ones I chucked on the ground in my woods to maybe get lucky and start a new patch.

My spots are pretty much finished for the year unless we get some rain real soon now.

I made some more progress on the new hoop house over the weekend. The stringers are all up and the ground has been covered with a nice layer of topsoil. Still need to install the cattle panels, frame the ends, and cover it with greenhouse film. I'm out of time to start tomatoes and peppers from seed so I'll just buy bedding plants this time.

The bundle of Dunstan Chestnut trees that I ordered earlier in the spring arrived on Friday. I was able to get two of them planted yesterday morning. I hope to get the rest of them in by the end of the week.

[FamiliarFace]

Please tell me how you find them. I always go look in the back forty in the woods for them. A few years ago, I found about 20, and that was it. I haven’t had luck since then. I look at the base of dying trees, but really haven’t found much. Right now, the creek is too high to cross, until I put on some waders to get past it. It’s really rushing right now. That part is north of my house, and I found the morels on the south side of that tree on a slope just up from the creek. This feels like it’s about the same time of year as that was, and after a rainfall.

[Pollard]

We got the quarterly bonus at work. Not for performance or profit levels I don’t think. I think they’re doing it to help the employees with this inflation.

At any rate, it’s going towards the high tunnel.

[MomwithHope]

Really impressive on the morels. They are so delicious.