by Gary Howey | May 8, 2021 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
Puffball mushrooms grow on the ground with no stem, resembling a pure white ball shaped mushroom. Note: (Before eating wild mushrooms, you want to make sure that they’re the edible variety) As I looked out the back door of my office, the thermometer facing the...
by Gary Howey | May 1, 2020 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
Morel mushroom hunter, Dustin Lutt with a mess of mushrooms he found along the Missouri River when he resided in Vermilion, South Dakota. (Dustin Lutt Photo) No matter where you live, springtime is when Mother Nature’s Garden starts...
by Gary Howey | May 16, 2019 | Gary Howey-NE., Gary’s Thoughts from the Field, Morel Mushrooms, Of the Outdoors Columns
“Of the Outdoors” Mother Natures Garden By Gary Howey Springtime is when Mother Nature’s really shines, when her wild garden starts to appear. Unlike other gardeners, Mother Nature doesn’t see the need to plant her garden in nice neat rows like...
by Gary Howey | Apr 30, 2015 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
I love springtime, weather is warming up, fish are starting to bite and it is the time of the year when thousands of folks and I head out to start looking for those wild edibles mushrooms and asparagus. My first experience at hunting wild asparagus happened by...
by Gary Howey | Apr 29, 2015 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
It won’t be long before outdoorsmen and women will be infected with a disease, which will spread quickly throughout in the upper Midwest. It’s been known to infect men, women and children, infecting young and old alike. The cause of this infectious disease is a...