Late in the morning Stew was working his way round an oak tree when he stopped and called my name with a strange tone - like he was unsure of himself. While weeding around there base of the tree he noticed an unusual growth appearing out of the sand. He had a scratch around and although our trees are about only 3 and a half years in the ground, and it's the end of summer, we found our first truffle!
It's a little underripe - with a reddish appearance, but had a great shape and smells like truffle already. Estimated to be about 50g.
He went back in the ground to mature and spread the truffle love underground. A momentous day!
Like all special occasions should be marked, we took ourselves off to a celebratory lunch at the new Amelia Park Lodge not long after the photo above.
