Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Heirlooms of High Summer
Seeds were given by an acquaintance to my Grandpa to then to me. An unknown heirloom tomato.
It may be a local heirloom, kept for generations but it is similar to Brandywine or Millionaire
They are mammoth in size (this is nothing near the biggest I've seen), irregular in shape, and slightly pink.
The best tasting tomato I've had!
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Beautiful Painted Mountain Corn from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Awaiting my Gem Glass Corn and mighty excited about it.
Although they are beautiful, these decorative corns are edible just as you'd eat sweet corn,
and it can be dried and popped for popcorn too.
I'll have to try it all ways!
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Purple Stalk of Painted Mountain Corn |
Labels:
baker creek,
corn,
Harvest,
heirloom,
mandala,
seasons,
seeds,
Summer,
tomatoes,
vegetables
Monday, August 29, 2016
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Monday, August 15, 2016
Mushroom Monday
Gem Studded Puffball with guest |
Edibles - Smooth Chanterelles & Indigo Milky Mushrooms |
Boletes |
Bolete |
Monday, August 8, 2016
Mushroom Monday: Faerie Rings
It is always a genuine thrill to find a ring of mushrooms in the forest. Though they are purported to be portals to the Faerie Realm, through which one might enter, never to return, or to return years later, I always risk it, usually to record the marvelous phenomenon with my trusty camera. The faeries had, however, set their poison ivy snares all around this ring. There is much folklore about faerie rings, differing from country to country and changing throughout time. This article HERE is great at exploring all of these myths & legends. One of the more common beliefs about the rings is that they are a place where faeries dance in the round, holding festivities. It's also believed that it is best not to disturb these rings. Oddly enough, the ring in my woods, beneath a towering cedar tree, arose on the evening of August 1st, which happens to be the Celtic Festival Day of Lughnasadh (or Lunasa). Lunasa marks the beginning of harvest, halfway between the summer solstice and the autumn equinox, and a time for celebrating the Earth and it's magnificent ways. Perhaps there were faeries celebrating the coming of Autumn. I'm sure ready for it.
Labels:
faerie,
fairy,
folklore,
Forest,
Missouri,
Mushroom Monday,
mushroom rings,
myth,
woodland
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