TRUFFLES

Photo: No truffles yet but it won't be long.

GROW YOUR OWN TRUFFLES

I have been trying to train my dog Max to find truffles in the woods. Up to now he hasn’t come up with the goods, this could be because I’m not the best teacher when it comes to dogs noses and of course Max isn’t a pig, which is the usual animal that tracks down these delicacies. Another reason is that there probably aren’t any truffles around Inishowen anyway. Things might change soon as scientists in New Zealand have found a way to infect trees with the spores of truffle fungus. The truffles will grow happily under trees such as oak a few years after the tree has been planted. Can’t wait!

Horticultural.