home fermenting

If you’ve heard of Mugolio, consider yourself well-ahead of us over here at Fifth Season Gardening.  Turns out it’s a gourmet food that’s easy to make with readily available ingredients and the most basic of equipment.  We had to give it a try! True Mugolio is from Italy and made only with cones from the mugo pine.  Green cones are collected in the spring, mixed with sugar and allowed to ferment for 2+ months.  Natural yeasts on the pine cones are responsible for the transformation into a … [Read more...] about Mugolio…that’s Italian for Fermented Pine Cone Syrup!