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Woodland Fungi

Mushrooms contain moisture,so might be damaged by freezing.Oyster are quite soft,so I would not think that it freezes well. But mushrooms can be kept in a normal refrigerator.

frankbeswick, on 07/06/2022

Woodland Fungi

I'd meant to ask a related question along with my giant puffball- and oyster mushroom-related comments below. Would you or your sister or your wife happen to know if mushrooms freeze well? (I worry that I may need to collect and freeze black ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 07/06/2022

Woodland Fungi

Thank you! Giant puffball is next -- this weekend, when it'll be lightly fried -- on my culinary results from applying west-pond field mushrooms here to your sister's scrumptious east-pond, Irish Beacan Bruithe recipe. I like the way the ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 07/06/2022

Woodland Fungi

Derdriu, I have read that giant puffball is best lightly fried.

frankbeswick, on 07/03/2022

Rosa Hibernica, the Irish Rose

Blue plaques only go on the houses once inhabited by famous people. So there must have been special recognition to preserve the rose.l think that moving so well established a plant must have been a major project.Just think of what a hole must ...

frankbeswick, on 07/03/2022

Rosa Hibernica, the Irish Rose

Wonderful research, Deddriù. We have in the UK legislation to protect heritage sites.I don't know if the blue plaque system was operating in1954,but the road crew would have been directed to preserve the site. We have in the UK a system of ...

frankbeswick, on 07/02/2022

Rosa Hibernica, the Irish Rose

The page Rosa canina x pimpinellifolia (R. x hibernica) Templeton - rose - Rosaceae on the Flora of Northern Ireland component of the habitas site describes "One of the shrubs" discovered by John Templeton as lasting on a Holywood-area road in ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 07/02/2022

Woodland Fungi

Thank you! This weekend I expect to make Veronica's recipe for Beacan Bruithe. I intend to apply your observations by making it with oyster mushrooms. If I like Beacan Bruithe -- why wouldn't I considering the cultural source and your sister ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 07/02/2022

Rosa Hibernica, the Irish Rose

There are other seed banks in the world as well as Kew. The more the merrier.

frankbeswick, on 07/01/2022

Woodland Fungi

If only we knew what makes truffles so sensitive to the right conditions!

frankbeswick, on 07/01/2022

Woodland Fungi

I am familiar with all except black trumpet, yellowfoot, and old man of the woods, which do not seem common over here. I cannot comment on what they taste like in a medley, but I think that oyster mushroom goes well in many dishes.

frankbeswick, on 07/01/2022

Rosa Hibernica, the Irish Rose

Hopefully,but cuttings are the way to grow hybrids.

frankbeswick, on 06/30/2022

Rosa Hibernica, the Irish Rose

There are a few nurseries that have them,and all derive from cuttings of the original.

frankbeswick, on 06/30/2022

Small Gardens

Great.

frankbeswick, on 06/30/2022

How To Sell Foods at Farmers Markets

Your 05/17/2022 comment is interesting: "The American food system is changing rapidly and much of that is due in part to the pandemic and now inflation. It's becoming obvious to those of us that publish online that we will need to update a lot ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 06/30/2022