Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Yellow Parasol Mushroom

I last saw a hummingbird on Monday last week.  Since then nothing.  Will wait another week before taking those feeders down and storing them for the winter.  I'll also clean out the seed and suet feeders and set them back out when it gets colder.   Right now there is too much food around for the birds to be too interested.  I can relate.   I picked enough wild raspberries this morning for my cereal.   Picked some of my grapes too which are fully ripe and absolutely delicious.  Saw a hazelnut in the middle of the driveway so went out and picked those still remaining on the bushes.  I'd checked at the beginning of September but thought they could use a little more ripening.   If the nuts fall off though I think the rabbits are getting them (hence the lone one in the driveway).  I'll have to be more assiduous about figuring out the perfect time to pick.  Still got a bucketful.  Walked around to the back of the stockade where the apple tree is located.  The apple tree fruits biannually - one year no apples followed by a year of lots.  This is an on year so picked a bucket of apples too.  I've been watering the pots of geraniums I put in Sleipnir every other day.  Today I found this yellow parasol mushroom growing out of a pot.    Time to back off on watering to once a month.  By the way - despite the name, this mushroom is not edible.  Hazelnut stuffed rabbit - hmm - will give that one some thought.

1 comment:

  1. Surprised you still found any raspberries

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