Mushroom Mountain Blog

Picking blewits in the winter is lots of fun. There are not many other edible mushrooms to be picked in the cold months, but they take some time to find, being covered with leaf litter. Usually we find them in our secret spots, have a blast picking them, cause they are usually in large numbers.

I just made chanterelle vodka, it was sooooo easy. I am watching it and it is already turning a nice peach color. When it is done infusing, I am going to strain it through a coffee filter, and maybe find another recipe for the alcohol doused chanterelles. Yesterday I went to the liqour store and

We have been so busy this year, and we didn’t do to well for the morel season in the spring, so Tradd and I were itching to get out and hunt some mushrooms. And it so paid off today. We got our morning chores done, packed up the dogs and set off to an adventure.

Yesterday, Tradd and I went to the Clemson experimental forest, excited that we will find tons of mushrooms since it’s been raining a lot in the upstate. Our dogs enoki and wednesday joined us in the adventure. There are so many trails in that forest, we see tons of people mountain biking, horse riding, jogging,