mushrooms in the garden

First mushrooms – in our garden!

~ Eva the Gardener ~ 1 Comment

IMG_0879It is quite unbelievable to be able to pick edible mushrooms in the middle of our garden. But since we started cultivating a meadow on our traditional lawn (!!) so many different kinds of flowers and plants have occurred. Which attract bees, insects and bumble bees. Which attract a lot of small birds. Which eat of the harmful creatures that inhabite the garden …

IMG_0880Anyway, the other morning I discovered “grågul stensopp” (in latin: Bouletus reticulatus), a mushroom with a four star mark in the books. It growed in an area near the oaks in our garden, under the 70 year old apple tree (a very old famous Swedish apple called “Åkerö”).

I was stunned with the gift. This was enough for the dinner´s appetizer, carefully fried in olive oil with a tiny bit of fresh garlic and salt, served on a piece of roasted white bread. Mmm!

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Mushrooms!!!

~ Eva the Gardener ~ 1 Comment

When I found one single chanterelle near one of the apple trees, I was so surprised. A chanterelle is a delicious edible mushroom. But what to do with one single one? Suddenly I remembered a neighbour talking of having seen chanterelles in our garden long before we moved in. Of course! If there is one, there are more of them. With rain pants on and boots – there are a lot of nasty bugs! –  I walked into the high grass tree area of the garden and started looking. One chanterIMG_0202IMG_0201elle suddenly turned into one litre( a quarter of a gallon)!! It’s amazing what gifts this garden give us. Butterfried chanterelles on a toast made a nice starter before dinner that evening 🙂