Cabin, Oysters, Chickens and Cattails

August 14th, 2016

On our ride down to the cabin this Sunday, Jason stops at a favorite spot to hunt for mushrooms while I sit with Pekoe and begin to read an excerpt of Colson Whitehead’s new novel “The Underground Railroad” from the previous Sunday NYTimes.  It’s less than four minutes when Jason texts me with Chicken mushroom photos.

Pretty sweet…appetizers tonight for sure.  So hot and humid in Rochester and Upstate NY (the “Real” Upstate) that mushrooms are now becoming plentiful.

The except from “The Underground Railroad” is a fast and engaging read and I find myself instantly connected to the main character Cora and her journey.

Jason appears ten minutes later with not only the Chicken mushroom but some Oyster Mushrooms too.  When you find a fresh oyster mushroom they almost glisten, limp and ruffle shaped, echoing what you might find in the sea.

And the smell… soon the truck was full of thick mushroom fragrance.

Here’s a photo of the mushrooms at camp before we cook them up.

 

Oysters and Chicken August 14, 2016

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Later in the day, I decide to rip out some of the Cattails that are overtaking the pond.  Cortland’s Cornell Cooperative Extension states that ridding your pond of cattails can be done with one methods or sometimes a combination of the following methods:

  1. Hand Pulling – a “few work sessions every few years”
  2. Dredging
  3. Mowing/Cutting – best done in late summer
  4. Flooding Freezing
  5. The Use of Chemical Herbicides

http://cortland.cce.cornell.edu/agriculture/rural-land-use/ponds/controlling-cattails

It takes about an hour to break through the cattails and make a path to the pond.  Some of the cattails are very easy to pull, but others, don’t budge.  Putting your weight into it helps but be prepared to lose your balance…if your feet are sunk in the mud.

Terri Cattails Pond

Jason and I decide we need more friends.

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