Broom Bashing II

Broom Bashing II

by | Mar 3, 2010 | Farm Blog, Flora and Fauna, Invasives

You don’t push brooms, you PULL them! It turns out there is an upside to all the rain we’ve been having.  Beyond the obvious replenishing of our reservoirs, decreased fire danger, and grateful garden plants that is.  The rain has made our soils much...
Coprinopsis lagopus

Coprinopsis lagopus

by | Mar 1, 2010 | Farm Blog, Flora and Fauna, Fungi

When I first encountered Coprinopsis lagopus, an Inky Cap mushroom, growing here, I wasn’t actually sure it was a mushroom at all.  This is one of the most fragile appearing species of fungus, of any, I’ve seen this winter.  In the past week numerous...