Mushroom Pickers and Mushroom Growers Club
I'd like to show off my flammulina, a mushroom that grows on trees in winter. I've already written about this variety, as well as how to grow them at home. In those articles, you'll see what my mushrooms looked like in November. Now, look at what they looked like at the end of December: As you can see, they're very fleshy and... 
Autumn is a favorite time for mushroom pickers. In September and October, I go for russula, saffron milk caps, and field champignons. This post will focus on the latter. Description of field champignons: They grow in meadows, fields, and even in the city, in parks or along roads. However, within city limits, especially along roadways, it is not recommended to pick mushrooms, as they accumulate salts... 
It was hard to find the bluelegs because they hide in the grass. But we did collect a good number of large, juicy mushrooms. This is what we managed to collect in a bucket: I discard very old mushrooms right away because the flesh is very crumbly. We love mushrooms in any form, so we freeze, can, and dry them for the winter. By the way, about the correct freezing and drying... 
In early November, a neighbor asked me if tree mushrooms were edible. I told her it depended on the type. She then took me into her yard and showed me these mushrooms. This is what they look like: As it turns out, they're called Flammulina (because they're from that genus) and belong to the family... 
Flammulina is a winter mushroom, and you can read more about it in my post. Since it grows on trees, and even in winter, it's easy to grow. About 12 years ago, my husband and I did this for two winters in a row, but then we gave it up. The mushrooms are quite tasty, though. In fact, commercial cultivation of Flammulina... 
Hi everyone! Last weekend we went to the countryside to visit our parents. We were planning to pick strawberries, as rumor had it they were coming early. We decided to take a boat across the Volga and check out our berry-picking spots. And what would we do without fishing? A river, a boat, a motorboat… Of course, we also packed fishing rods and baskets for the berries. The trip was... 
Hello, dear readers! I wanted to share with you the results of a quiet hunt during the 2020 quarantine. After spending a long time stuck at home, in August I decided to go fishing immediately! Plus, hunting season had begun—we wanted to shoot some ducks, to indulge our souls. So off we went in search of prey... The location was the Samara Region, the Volga channels near the city of Oktyabrsk. I can't resist writing...