Notices by Brian Ó (blacksam@social.gibberfish.org), page 35

I had some trees trimmed/removed this morning, and I told the guy I wanted to keep the chips. He said, "there won't be a lot". Apparently in addition to being a arborist he's also a comedian.

#woodchips #gardening

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We've had some really nice weather this weekend, so I got a start on my Hügelkultur garden bed. I piled a bunch of deadfall logs from the woods around my house (mostly birches) in a shallow pit, covered it with a layer of soil, and then stacked another layer of logs and then some more soil. Next will be a layer of leaves (of which I have a copious supply), then some composted rabbit turds, some more soil, and finally wood chip (which I'll get on Tuesday when the arborists come to trim back my trees). I'm not 100% decided what I'll plant on it, but I have a couple of strawberry seedlings to start with.

I'm excited about this project, because it's 100% free made of crap I had lying around my property, which is kind of the point of this method. I'm also hoping that in several years when the wood's mostly rotted away I can tear down the mound and spread the soil around my yard, because the existing ground is sandy, rocky, and shit for growing a lawn on. It could use some help.

#hügelkultur #hugelkultur #permaculture #gardening #diy

I found a wild edible quite by accident lying on the ground right outside my house. Auricularia auricula, AKA wood ear. They apparently don't taste like much, but they're a very popular food in Asia. I took a sample to clone.

#mushrooms #fungi #mycology

My level 1 D&D scrub in the game I play with my son succumbed to three failed death saves. RIP, we barely knew ye. 🪦

#dungeonsanddragons

The dudes from the previous photo, 3 days on. I think they'll be ready for harvest by the end of the day.

#mushrooms #fungi #food

I couldn't find any info about whether Pholiota adiposa would fruit from a bucket. Looks like the answer's "yes".

#mushrooms #fungi

I made a thing! It's a new outdoor fruiting tent for the various mushrooms I'm growing this season. The tarp folds over and snaps down. I'm going to install misting nozzles on a timer along the spine, once the kit arrives. Hopefully it will be able to maintain a high humidity.

#mushrooms #fungi #carpentry #diy #gardening

Stuck the landing.

#rockets #modelrockets #rocketry

Gold oyster glamour shot.

#mushrooms #fungi #photo #mywork

The second season finale of Future Man is honestly one of the best pieces of television I've seen in a long time.

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Does anyone around here have experience with hugelkultur? I've been trying to think of some outdoor gardening projects for this spring, stuck at home as I am, and it occurs to me that there's an old firewood pile in the woods beside my house, as well as a bunch of old fallen trees, branches, and an abundance of leaves. I think I have nearly everything I'd need just lying on my property already. Sounds like it would be fun.

#hugelkultur #permaculture #homesteading #gardening

I was out by the brush pile yesterday afternoon stripping the branches from last year's Christmas tree so I can grow some turkey tail on it, and my son found this mushroom growing in the leaf litter. Unfortunately he found it by kicking it.

I consulted my Audubon guide and I'm pretty sure it's a "false morel" (Gyromitra fastigiata AKA G. brunnea, though possibly G. gigas/korfii ). It's described as having "brittle flesh" which explains why it flew to pieces so readily.

They're allegedly tasty, but most/all species in the genus contain varying levels of the toxin gyromitrin AND hydrazine (!!!). This seems to be one of those mushrooms that have been traditionally eaten in Europe for a long time and ALSO is commonly listed in guides as poisonous. So, yeah. I'm going to leave these guys alone. Cool mushroom though. I'll keep them in mind if I ever need to make rocket fuel.

#mushrooms #fungi #falsemorels

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These guys really colored up the last 24 hours.

#mushrooms #fungi

WARNING: Contains some rhyming

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9tqKQ1GrEy4

#learnyourland #mushrooms #fungi #foraging #food #educational