The Obsessive Gardener

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I love mushrooms, especially the kind you can eat. My favorite are the morels. One of my crazy dreams for my garden was that morel mushrooms would miraculously start growing in my garden. It was just a crazy dream, I knew. I mean, as you can probably see from many of my garden pictures, I live right in the city. And morels are notorious for being elusive woodland mushrooms. But a girl can dream, right?

Three springs ago I actually found a morel in my garden -- and it was HUGE!! It was already too ripe to eat, but I was very excited for the future.

Last year, I had two HUGE morel mushroom and a regular sized one. The two huge ones, ironically enough, were too ripe to eat by the time that we found them, but my son and I ate the other - and it was delicious!

This year, I really do believe that dreams can come true. I found 15 morels! They jumped the 20 feet from the white pine shade garden to my main garden and the move really agreed with them! Most were huge again, but there were a few small ones. They mostly took up spots under shrubs, but I found a few out in the open, basking in the sun. When I find them, I keep them well watered. we have even enjoyed a few morels for a snack. Most are going to be left to spore and hopefully take over my garden.

A girl can dream, can't she?













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