Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Mushroom dreams

I haven't posted cuz I lost my camera.
But now I've comandeered dh's.
Here's a garden project of sorts. Check out others at The Garden Party at Keen Inspirations!
We had to cut down our Birch Clump. See the nice 4 foot logs?Birch logs

Well I've always wanted to try growing mushrooms, so I ordered some oyster mushroom plugs and drilled and hammered. The three logs took 300 plugs!

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Then I put them on a pallet underneath the hemlock bush on the north side of the house. Water twice a week more or less. And wait (and wait).... Photobucket

I've got my fingers crossed.

Since its going to be such a long wait, here's something to look at: a picture of a Luna Moth that was on the telephone pole outside our house one morning. I saw it from a distance and thought someone had put a little cut out umbrella on the pole. Maybe one of the little girls who live on our street. But no. I was amazed to see. It stayed all day then flew away at night.
Looks a bit like a mushroom, no?

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Have fun,
Kathy

8 comments:

  1. Sorry to hear about your camera. I'd be lost without mine.

    Good luck on the mushrooms.

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  2. Good Luck, I'll be waiting with you. The moth looks like a ballerina with her legs crossed. Lezlee

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  3. Good luck with the mushroom growing. Hope you show the progress. Thanks for sharing the moth picture. I have never seen a moth like that before, it looks just like a folded leaf!
    Lindsay
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  4. Mushrooms, eh? what a neat idea! And I love oyster mushrooms especially. I'll check back to see how it goes.

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  5. Looks like an interesting project....let us know how it turns out!

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  6. wow...good luck growing the mushrooms!
    gorgeous shot of the luna moth. it DOES look like a mushroom :D
    kudzu/cherry

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  7. Hi Kathy!

    I can't wait to see how the mushrooms do! This is something Troy and I have thought of doing as well so, I will be excited to see follow ups on this!

    That moth picture is amazing! Great shot!

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  8. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Love yours too! Please post on mushroom project. I never heard of such a thing but am very interested.

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