Truffle searching. Truffle searching has became a common hobby for people around my city since the last few years. By the end of winter and the beginning of spring truffle grows naturally in landscapes around my city. It's a new thing, I mean there wasn't any truffle 25 to 30 years ago. people say that truffle seeds had came with the sandstorms that we had couple years ago which were coming from the southern parts of Iraq. Like most of the people here truffle searching is one of my hobbies too. From the mid of February on I get myself prepared to not lose any chance or free time to go out with some of my friends searching for truffle, it's really fun and the weather is good that time it's usually around 20 to 25 centigrade in the day time, so beside truffle searching it's a picnic as well. Truffle searching needs both experience and patience, you have to know the type of the soil, how it pushes the soil upward and exposes itself, even how to take it out of the soil - I usually use screwdriver for that- it also needs patience because sometimes after a long searching you end up finding nothing. Beside being a hobby, some people searching truffle for financial purposes, especially they can alway sale it in good prices in the markets.