Traveling Chariot

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! 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! Purple Stalk of Painted Mountain Corn

Volunteer pumpkin vines unfurling in the fog.

Periodic rain & heat has the forest alive with fungi, especially large and colorful mushrooms pepper the forest floor. This purple hued mushroom was a treat. I think it may be a Silvery-Violet Cort but I'm not sure. Gem Studded Puffball with guest Edibles - Smooth Chanterelles & Indigo Milky Mushrooms Boletes Bolete

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