WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN JANUARY 2019

[Daren]

Spotted in the garden ......................first Velvet Shank Mushrooms, These are often used in Chinese Cooking, there waxy Coating helps to protect them from frost. They are poping up on lots of my Loggery stumps around my garden right now ..........Second Photo is Tremella Mesenterica ( Yellow Brain Fungus ) ..........Not Good to Eat but a looker

 

[zigs]

I've eaten the Velvet Shanks, but not the Witches Butter fungus @Daren

Sarcococca confusa - Sweet Box

 

[Daren]

I've eaten the Velvet Shanks, but not the Witches Butter fungus @Daren

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Sarcococca confusa - Sweet Box

Cool Ive Not Tried Velvet Shanks yet But I do Plan too Soon. I think I may of over looked them for far to long as an edible So I've added it to my must do wild foods to try next

 

[zigs]

Cool Ive Not Tried Velvet Shanks yet But I do Plan too Soon. I think I may of over looked them for far to long as an edible So I've added it to my must do wild foods to try next

They take a while to cook, only eat the caps as the stipes are too tough

 

[Daren]

They take a while to cook, only eat the caps as the stipes are too tough

Thanks for the Tip

 

[zigs]

Thanks for the Tip

My pleasure

You can probably find some Jew's Ear fungus to lob in as well if you got any Elder trees nearby.

 

[the lawnsman]

I've eaten the Velvet Shanks, but not the Witches Butter fungus @Daren

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Sarcococca confusa - Sweet Box

Zigs, nicely frame with the yorkie, great composition and subject-keen eye on that one!

 

[zigs]

Cheers @the lawnsman

First Snowdrops

And a Robin's Pincushion

 

[Tetters]

What the heck is a Robin's pincushion then

 

[zigs]

What the heck is a Robin's pincushion then

A Robin's pincushion is a terrible thing, everytime a Robin eats an aphid off a rosebush, he has to leave a pin to keep the fairies happy. Sometimes so many of them build up it causes a growth on the rosebush that makes the branch sag...

Or did I dream that bit???

Think it might be an insect gall

 

[vette-kid]

 

[Becky]

Here's our garden today!

 

[the lawnsman]

We are having a visitor from the north this week-the POLAR VORTEX.

current wind chill is -15.

Needless to say it's all inside stuff right now, just finished reworking this old chest that used to sit in grandad's garage.

found some cool hardware online, added some feet, and did a distressed finish using the leftover paint from the poolhouse build.

 

[zigs]

 

[Tjohn]

NOTHING looks good here!