Monday, September 24, 2018

Mushroom Compost

I got a dump truck load of compost at the beginning of summer.......I'll write more tomorrow when I'm not falling asleep.  But, long story short, I finally found my first mushroom growing in my garden.

Update:  I'm not falling asleep, yet.  The compost came from Mountain Meadow Mushrooms.  The compost is free and the dump truck driver charges about $100 to collect it and deliver it to you.  It took me about two weeks of almost daily hauling throughout my yard to get it all spread.  It was soooo hot out too!  I would get distracted while working on other things while working in my garden, but it was so worth it.  It's been so nice being able to work in my yard.  After two intense years of my MLIS studies and then a year of wrist surgeries and recovery--this year has been great for me to get out there.

The compost has definitely brought more birds to my yard and lately I've had a ton visiting a bird feeder that I put out about a month ago.  I'm going through wild bird seed like crazy!










I found a lot of strange things in the compost, but
I feel lucky to have found this horseshoe!  

Here's my first mushroom...I have a feeling there will
be more once we progress into Autumn and when my drip
system is in place.  


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