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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Mushroom Nature Study

Posted by Cindy on May 8, 2009

Spring is such a fun time for studying mushrooms!  It’s been raining a lot around here and a quick trip around the yard led to six different types of mushrooms found in about five minutes time yesterday.

Towards evening, we headed to a spot on the farm where leftover hay has been decomposing.  What treasures we found there!

If you’ve never taken a mushroom walk, now is a great time to do it!  Damp ground, decomposing logs, old leaf piles, and dung piles are great places to look.

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A Spring Walk on the Farm

Posted by Cindy on May 1, 2009

We found some beautiful signs of spring on a farm walk the other day!

A fallen robin’s egg

A huge ant hill – they are everywhere!

All sorts of mushrooms

A big snail

1,000′s of ants on a rock

A shell fossil

Raccoon prints

Woodland wildflowers – several varieties

A tired nature walker