Nice, I love the freaks in nature. I am trying to get a stable line of giant sunflowers that flower at every node. Here is my front runner this year who I will collect seed from.

I have zinnias all over the yard as well and love them. I collected seed last year from my plants and some strange mixing is happening. I have colors I did not last year, which is a good thing in my book.

Most critters want nothing to do with you. Your poke it till it leaves strategy is a sound one. Just don’t corner it and give it an easy way out. If it is an opposum they play dead which I am sure you are aware of. So if you spook it good it will lay there, then after awhile it will start moving again and take off.

I agree though that keeping it away might be the trickier part but I have no experience on that realm.

Earlier today I evicted a groundhog from my backyard so I feel your pain.

I was out fishing the other day and spotted these guys. They smell amazing. Thanks for sharing these.

I was fishing yesterday and came across these guys in the wild. They smelled amazing!

I would love to see a photo of that when they are ready. I moved last year to a place with lots of space and I have been planting random stuff just figuring out what I like. So any exposure to new stuff is appreciated.

Nice, I planted some beans and sweat pea recently right after some poppies. Fingers crossed they have enough time to flower.

I love the flowers in the legume family.

Is this in your garden or something you found out and about?

Whatever the length of travel on that suspension was, it was not enough. Wild picture.

Sounds like you might get buried with this one. The one time I touched a butterfly knife I quickly cut my hand, I will leave these for the experts.

Where about is this beauty located? It looks like old man of the woods(Strobilomyces strobilaceus) to me.

Edit- Ehhhh, I think I am misseeing the texture I thought was there. I will defer to those under me. Also no veil remnants so I will put a nail in the old man coffin.

If you get a spore print that would help as well.

I love these. The shine and feel of the lacquered bits is nice.

I have come across these plenty of times but I never tried to eat them. Have you ever given them a shot?

Confirming paw paw. I ate so many last fall I got sick for days. I love paw paw and make a ice cream out of them every year.

I have paw paw seeds out the ass and already vernalized. If anyone is actually interested I can send you some.

Hey I am looking for may pointers you have. We had a huge storm roll in and knocked down some huge trees on my property. I am planning on going into the woods and grabbing some oaks, lines and walnuts to replace them. Any tips on transplanting?

While I love any AK type gun with wood furniture, the passenger seat is concerning coming from a civilian.

They look like Mica caps(Coprinellus micaceus) to me. Were they sparkly by chance?

There were about 10 or so. I only grabbed a few, I like to leave plenty to send out spores.

Nope, these guys are a choice edible. You are probably thinking of gyromitra genus.