Gardening

Emile

(43,253 posts) Mon Apr 15, 2024, 05:36 PM Apr 2024

Went out in my woods yesterday to check on

my secret hosta garden and walked up on this along side of my trail.

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Went out in my woods yesterday to check on (Original Post) Emile Apr 2024 OP

What a treasure find. PuraVidaDreamin Apr 2024 #1

Sliced in half, sprinkled with flour, skillet fried, Emile Apr 2024 #5

Bonanza!!! Ocelot II Apr 2024 #2

I could gaze on those mushrooms all day. calimary Apr 2024 #3

Hostas! We have hostas. progressoid Apr 2024 #4

Deer love to eat them. I toss chunks of Irish Spring Emile Apr 2024 #6

Yeah, I've gone through a dozen bars of Irish Spring. progressoid Apr 2024 #7

Sweet! 2naSalit Apr 2024 #8

Found a few more yesterday. Emile Apr 2024 #9

Wowza! Model35mech Apr 2024 #10

PuraVidaDreamin

(4,690 posts)

1. What a treasure find.

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2024, 05:39 PM

Apr 2024

Sauteed with butter, salt and pepper plans?

Emile

(43,253 posts)

5. Sliced in half, sprinkled with flour, skillet fried,

Reply to PuraVidaDreamin (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 15, 2024, 06:02 PM

Apr 2024

baked sweet potato, corn and a ribeye off the grill. That was our dinner tonight. Now I need to go find some more mushrooms for breakfast.

Ocelot II

(131,218 posts)

2. Bonanza!!!

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2024, 05:40 PM

Apr 2024

calimary

(90,775 posts)

3. I could gaze on those mushrooms all day.

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2024, 05:41 PM

Apr 2024

So textural! They are truly AMAZING.

progressoid

(53,368 posts)

4. Hostas! We have hostas.

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2024, 05:56 PM

Apr 2024

Or I should say we had hostas. They come up in the spring but the deer love them.

Emile

(43,253 posts)

6. Deer love to eat them. I toss chunks of Irish Spring

Reply to progressoid (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 15, 2024, 06:05 PM

Apr 2024

soap near them and that seems to keep them away.

progressoid

(53,368 posts)

7. Yeah, I've gone through a dozen bars of Irish Spring.

Reply to Emile (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 15, 2024, 06:15 PM

Apr 2024

I would run the Irish Spring through a cheese grater and sprinkle on the leaves. Inevitably, it will rain and it'll wash off and the deer come back.

I've had good luck with chili powder on my tiger lilies (deer like the buds just before they open up) so I bought a huge container of chili powder to try on the hostas this year. My back yard will have a new scent this year!

By the way... Enjoy the 'shrooms!

2naSalit

(103,806 posts)

8. Sweet!

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2024, 06:35 PM

Apr 2024

I'm waiting for this wave of precip to go by and I'm out there!

Nice haul for a surprise patch!

Emile

(43,253 posts)

9. Found a few more yesterday.

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 08:18 AM

Apr 2024

Model35mech

(2,047 posts)

10. Wowza!

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 04:16 PM

Apr 2024

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