Category: Mushrooms and Fungi
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Fishing, Cotton, Swimming Mice, Ducks, and Heron
Today was a two fish day, so we headed to Faraday. The pond was beautiful in the early morning. Bruce caught a 4.3 pound bass on a purple worm. Since nothing seemed to be biting after the first hour, Bruce trimmed trees instead. Just below Natchez Mississippi, we were able to get pictures of this…
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Mushrooms, Moths, Butterflies, Watermelon, Zinnias, and Bats
Scientific Tip: Just because it grows in your garden, doesn’t mean it is eatable! Below is a mushroom that was growing under the blackberries in the garden. The mushrooms below are in the family of Argaricaceae (gilled mushrooms). This family has many edible and deadly poisonous mushrooms. NEVER eat or touch a wild mushroom unless…
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Harvesting our biggest pumpkin (so far), Pumpkin bread, Biking, Skiing, Armadillo problems, and fungi
The biggest pumpkin we have to date weighted in at 80 pounds. The little vine that tells you to harvest was completely brown and the stem gave way as soon as we touched it, so it was defiantly time to harvest. Now we have to let it age for two weeks with the other pumpkins.…