Growing mushrooms in my yard, instead of having to go foraging for mushrooms, is a goal of mine. Mushroom growing is not rocket science, but for mushrooms to grow, the environment must be perfect for that particular kind of mushroom. On our hike yesterday, I came across a dead oak tree full of oyster mushrooms, [...]
We drove up to the camp to check on things, and the sun was out, and the Labradors are pretty good at posing in front of the Ford F150, so it was a perfect photo op
This brush pile is shaking, grunting and growling, and scratching at the earth…or at least the terriers inside make it seem to be. I, on the other hand, sit and wait. And while waiting I mind the visiting beagle, Albert, and think about the different qualities of each dog’s “-ness.” My two rescued cairn terriers [...]
I have never been to a Waffle House , until now. I love waffles, see our how to make waffles video here, and have even done waffle recipe home made baking powder experiments here. But I had never been to a Waffle House. I love the name, and while on the road in the midwest, [...]
Yesterday after the giant storm of 20 inches at the end of October was really a great day it was super puffy clouds out there blue sky about 50° and I said hey let’s take out the canoe. So we put the canoe in the Ford F150 and drove down to one of our local [...]
Recently we were working on a paint job in Sunset Park Brooklyn, and we realized that Brooklyn’s Chinatown was just a few avenues away. Tony, ( who works with me in addition to writing recipes for GardenFork ) and I had previously visited Thanh Da II ( 5624 8th Avenue, Brooklyn NY ) in Brooklyn’s [...]
How to identify mushrooms. I get a lot of requests for more information mushroom identification, so i’ve started with this post to show GardenFork readers different mushrooms I run across in the woods and in the city. The Giant Puffball can be a common site in urban areas. You might see these large white balls [...]
I spent a lot of time in NYC, lived there about 25 years, and I saw this really nice time lapse video by Josh Owens, and wanted to share it with you. Mindrelic – Manhattan in motion from Mindrelic on Vimeo. I was pointed to Josh’s site on Twitter by @katiemo and @nerdist
Penny is Charlie Pup’s mom, they both have that labrador blockhead look that is their charm. Penny lives with family scion Buddy, photo here, Dozer ( Charlie Pup’s dad ) and Bella down the road from us.
Buddy is a Black Labrador who is the father or grandfather of many of the Labrador Retrievers in our town. Buddy, Bella, Dozer and Penny all live down the road from us. We see them everyday sitting on the hill in their yard as we drive by. Buddy is Henry’s father, and Charlie Pup’s grandfather. [...]
Last night I was a guest of the Ford Motor Company in Manhattan. They invited me to come check out their new cars, trucks and SUVs before the opening of the New York International Auto Show. Really Cool. Craig Patterson and Scott Monty spoke about how they were using social media to introduce the new [...]
With GardenFork’s audience, I’m sure that I’m preaching to the choir on this, but I still felt compelled to say what I want to say and share the video. In the video is Waverly, a 9 month old Weimaraner pup. With two Weimaraners already in our home, our cup runneth over long before she showed up. We do love [...]
On February 27th, Forest Park Community Garden hosted it’s first public seed swap and it was a great success and tons of fun! A seed swap is where a group of gardeners get together to trade seeds, information about the seeds, and just have a great time hanging out. I’ve gone to one prior that [...]
This is one of those fall out of your chair kind of things. After being a guest a few times on Martha Stewart Living Radio, I’ve been asked to guest host the afternoon of March 7th and March 8th. How cool is that? I’ve been working with the producers this week about guests I’d like [...]
i’ve been making some rope toys for the labradors because they destroy anything we buy for them. we’ll post a how to make dog toys video next week.
