Category: Plants

September 27, 2018 / kirsten / Bees

Honey season, 2018

The 2018 honey season is in the books, and all that’s left to do for…

March 27, 2018 / kirsten / Bees

Our house sits on a busy residential corner in our small city. There are many…

March 8, 2018 / kirsten / Bees

After a stretch of clear-ish weather, it’s raining today, a soft, gentle rain that begs…

November 9, 2017 / kirsten / Foodways

Heaven, whatever else it may have going for it, must surely smell of masa, that blessed…

October 19, 2017 / kirsten / Foraging

Because mushrooms are endlessly fascinating, I was excited to see this story on Amanita muscaria in the…

October 13, 2017 / kirsten / Foraging

Mushroom hunting is one thing, but actually finding mushrooms is quite another. It involves the…

October 10, 2017 / kirsten / Garden

My efforts at growing things from seed have met with modest success this season. More…

October 5, 2017 / kirsten / Foraging

I’ve been torn the past few days, relishing what are sure to be the last,…

October 3, 2017 / kirsten / Foraging

We went mushroom hunting on Saturday, returning to a spot we had not visited since…

September 22, 2017 / kirsten / Foraging

At the most recent mushroom class, the topic of chanterelles came up. Specifically, the question…