At the beginning of season this last year, I sold 100 pounds of truffles at the price of 300 dollars per pound.

Cathcam13 wrote:

I did.... 🤦

Going in tonight and tomorrow night both on double time. 😣

danmdevries wrote:

I was training a dog, this last year but we have had a bit of a setback out here. Benton County Sheriff is looking for a dog poisoner in our area. Lenny, my Tree walker hound got poisoned in December. 13 dogs since August.......

Cathcam13 wrote:

Now here’s an idea, I have nearly 200 pounds of truffles left in my freezer, vacuum sealed. If anyone wants a pound, I will trade for a fiver of cigars. I don’t need money, and if you want to try them, this won’t break the bank account to do it.

Cathcam13 wrote:

Currently I have 35 acres that are covered in young firs and pines, that my dad and I planted when I was in high school and college. I have two pickers who use a Leaf blower to move just the duff around the bottom of the trees to look for them. It was better with the dog, but that’s no longer an option. So, we blow the duff out of the way and it exposes the ripe ones. These trees had mycelium on their roots when I planted them, but I never expected it to be truffle mycelium.

Cathcam13 wrote:

Wow.....I witnessed what I thought was one of the crazier things I'd seen just this past Saturday and you may have suggested an explanation.

I was kayak fishing well up an undeveloped river - at least a half mile from anything in any direction. A young couple, maybe late teens, early 20's paddled a canoe by me and pulled it up on shore not far from where I was fishing. The guy pulled a gas leaf blower from the canoe and started blowing leaves around the woods.....I had no clue wtf was going on....after maybe 45 minutes, they paddled back down river past me......maybe he was clearing a place to put a blanket down and get some outdoors action?....maybe they were going to camp out there? .... I had zero clue. But, I suppose they were just panning for fungal gold? As good an explanation as anything I could think of

dstieger wrote:

Currently I have 35 acres that are covered in young firs and pines, that my dad and I planted when I was in high school and college. I have two pickers who use a Leaf blower to move just the duff around the bottom of the trees to look for them. It was better with the dog, but that’s no longer an option. So, we blow the duff out of the way and it exposes the ripe ones. These trees had mycelium on their roots when I planted them, but I never expected it to be truffle mycelium.

Cathcam13 wrote:

Now here’s an idea, I have nearly 200 pounds of truffles left in my freezer, vacuum sealed. If anyone wants a pound, I will trade for a fiver of cigars. I don’t need money, and if you want to try them, this won’t break the bank account to do it.

Cathcam13 wrote: