Mushroom For Improvement

I have recently stumbled across a most magnificent farm just down the road. Their Country Store has its own bakery and teems with every kind of vegetable, herb, potion, lotion and tincture of a proper witch kitchen:) They also have their own lumber mill and host plant identification hikes and potion making workshops!

My first class is a mushroom hunt:) After a steaming cup of Chaga Tea, a dozen misfits saunter into the wilderness with shovels and paper bags. We have missed the main season for culinary edibles such as Oysters and Chanterelles, but I still come home with a bag full of mysteries! My new favorites are the Birch Polypore, and the Turkey Tail. Both are used for therapeutic teas when dried and are being studied as cancer treatments.

Meanwhile, the foundation is curing! We have removed the forms to reveal some pretty darn perfect corners:) We have also added the smashed bits of our old “foundation” to the property rock wall, and found the perfect home for the concrete boots!