Spring Shrooming

I went out for a little spring morel hunt in some new spots near the new house, and though I didn't find any morels, I did find some Dryad Saddle mushrooms and some nice sized wild onions.  I went back to the old dependable honey hole to find the morels up in the crick bottom and under the old dead elms.  May 10th and still finding morels.!  Crazy.

 

 

 

 

Morels

Spencer and I took the twins out to find their first morels.  We were pretty late to the party this year with it already being the first week of May.  But we’ve been pretty busy to say the least and its better late than never.  So we went out to a pretty dependable spot in year’s past hoping to find the last few stragglers.  And that was exactly what we found…..a grand total of 4 good morels.  No bumper crop like in year’s past, but we were just happy that Jack and Clara found their first mushrooms!  And this was just enough to make my favorite morel omelet!

Morel mushroom hunting

 

Spencer, her Dad, and myself took Cooper and the kids out for a little mushroom hunt.  It was an awesome day to get the kids out in the woods, walk around, and explore.  I hit up a couple spots that have produced in the past, but as soon as I set foot in the woods, I knew it was just a little too early.  Need more rain, more green on the trees and another week. We did find some more ramps, but I have so many at home, I just let them be.  No morels today, but we'll find some this year with the babies.

 

What a little trooper!

Morels

Spence, Cooper and I went on a quick morel hike before the Pens game (we should have kept hiking.) We found mostly tan / yellow morels with a couple greys under poplars and dead elms. We still need some more rain and humid nights for the big ones to come up, but it was a beautiful spring day to be outside.

Cooper getting in on the action, but not used to
to the 80 degree weather

As we were walking through the wide open woods, Spencer stopped to say something and as she turned a hen turkey exploded into the air from under a dead fall tree a couple feet directly behind her. She ducked like she was under attack and it was seriously one of the funniest things I've ever seen in the woods. Sure enough though, the only reason that hen was holding so tight, was she was sitting on a nest of three eggs. Mid-April - that's insanely early!

Can you find all three? The finished product...a morel mushroom pizza!  Delicious!

Morel Hunting

Went for an evening hike with Spencer on Good Friday for the season's first morel hunt.   This was the earliest I've ever hunted morels but, with the warm weather we've had and a few confirmed reports, we took a stroll.  Spence spotted the first morels of the seasons and we ended up finding 16 small white ones.  Not quite the pop cans we found here last year, but more like their midget cousins.  These must have came up with that hot weather we got about a week or so ago.  But the lack of rain and the 30 degree nights probably stunted their growth.  I never thought I would say it, but we need rain badly in April!

What they lack in size, though, they will make up for in flavor.  Morel omelettes for Easter morning!!