by Judy | Jun 26, 2018 | CobraHead, Recipes
Further to Noel’s post on chicken of the woods mushrooms we had chicken (of the woods) fajitas last night for dinner. It was a home cooked fast food meal. I sautéed a sliced onion, sliced red pepper, chopped garlic and chicken of the woods mushroom pieces – for about 10 minutes total of cooking time. I covered it with a lid for the last five minutes to make sure the mushrooms were fully cooked. Green peppers would have been a nice addition but we...
by Noel | Jun 25, 2018 | CobraHead, Gardening
Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) is a beautiful and delicious wild mushroom, usually found on dead oak logs. This one was on an old log in our front yard. Interestingly, the same log gave us one of these mushrooms about five years ago. Over 2 ½ pounds of delicious “meat”! We could have let it get larger, they can grow to be huge, but I noticed a little bit of insect damage, and the squirrels, who like to get into our shiitake logs, would soon find...
by Noel | Jun 5, 2018 | CobraHead, Environmental Issues, Farming, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
Bumblebees love Russian comfrey. The plant is frequently recommended as a bumblebee magnet. I often find four or more different varieties of bumblebees in the comfrey along with many other pollinators who also like the plant. My son Geoff introduced me to Russian comfrey (Symphytum × uplandicum) over 20 years ago when he brought home a few roots from the farm where he was working. It likes it in my garden and I have to work to keep it from spreading too far. ...
by Judy | May 30, 2018 | CobraHead, Recipes
We have been eating asparagus every day for over a month from our 30 year old garden patch. Some days I ask myself what new and novel dish can I possibly fix with asparagus today – scrambled egg asparagus burritos? lemon sprinkled side dish? garlic roasted spears? potato asparagus salad? asparagus salsa? asparagus mushroom gravy over baked potatoes? What else?? Stir fries land on the menu more often than not. Depending on what veggies are added to...
by Noel | May 29, 2018 | CobraHead, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
The garden is off to a really slow start this year. It’s mostly April’s fault. That month gave us very cold weather right up until the end, so nothing got planted. For the first couple weeks in May we were practically under water and it’s only been the last two weeks that we’ve been able to get a lot accomplished. Here’s some flowering horseradish. I’ve promised to take a little better care of my horseradish this year and it’s looking good....
by Judy | Apr 25, 2018 | CobraHead, Recipes, Vegetable Growing
We harvested a plethora of onions last year. We still have yellow copra onions which store quite well. Then there are the red onions which don’t store quite as well. Those are definitely sprouting, so I cut out the sprouts and use what I can. I’ve been using them like crazy but then I use onions in just about everything I cook. I have frozen chopped onions but I wanted to use the fresh onions as much as I could. So I turned to the internet –...
