Thursday, September 27, 2018

Mushrooms and Fungi and An Old Apple Tree

Took Bliss for a walk along Piney Creek this  morning. Only found 1 woodcock which I flushed but was amazed at the varieties of mushrooms and fungi growing in that damp environment.








 
 
Bliss happily hunted the briery terrain.



A couple of small apples on the "Mammoth Piney Creek "Apple tree. Badly shaded by bigger trees and very neglected, I pruned it last winter and gathered scion wood from this old tree and now have two grafted trees growing in the nursery. A very edible apple.


Tuesday, September 18, 2018

A Welcomed Sight

I saw this fella crossing the old lane that leads to the Back40 orchard.




This is the first Box Turtle I've seen in years here on the homestead.  A friend who is into reptiles said it was a male. I was just happy to see it slowly plodding across the lane going about it's daily business.

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Delicious


A Myer's Royal Limbertwig. An old southern Appalachian mountain variety. Delicious flavor. One of my first Limbertwig varieties to bear fruit.