I'm not sure what it might say about me, but I am now growing mushrooms in my basement. That may be overly optimistic. I've got mushroom spawn, which may in time become mushrooms growing in my basement.
The girls helped me collect some sawdust. I didn't sterilize it which may come back to haunt me. Sterilizing is supposed to help get rid of "competing organisms." I always say a little competition is a good thing. We'll see.
We mixed the saw-dust with used coffee grounds (for nitrogen I guess) and the spawn. We stuffed this into an old log we had in the back yard and a couple of soy-milk containers. I'm misting these three candidates daily. There are a few other pics if you follow the link below
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This just in... Here be mushrooms!!! I added a new picture to the gallery below 30/03/10
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The girls helped me collect some sawdust. I didn't sterilize it which may come back to haunt me. Sterilizing is supposed to help get rid of "competing organisms." I always say a little competition is a good thing. We'll see.
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First a cheerfully rash Peregrin and now Bamfurlong in your basement.
The road goes ever, ever on.
There's often sawdust to be had for free, but I guess you need connections and time to spare in order to tap into that. When the eco-auditors show up at your door at least you can claim that the 2x4 served a double use -- in addition to providing valuable sawdust, the girls had fun drilling it. :)
(By the way, I'm only dimly aware of the horrible hypocrisy in the role I played in helping you obtain those mushroom spores, which had to be shipped a great distance via Fossil-Fuel Express. I'm sure your crime is far worse than mine...)
Happy birthday Anwyn!