Texas Gardening: OK, what's with the mushrooms?, 1 by sybram

sybram wrote:
Yes, gypsi, they always rot (some of them), but sprout from underneath the "rot" I guess, because they always come out good and strong. Last fall is the first time I've dug any out to thin them, so I'll have plenty to share.

Seedfork, water does not drain from that pipe. It goes to our waste water system. The reason the ground looks/is so uneven there is that we have a big problem with armadillos some years. Last year was a bad year, and one of the little dickens had a hole there that looked like he was trying to dig to China. By the time I got around to using my remedy (castor oil) for them, they had little holes everywhere and that big one. It was about 8" across, tunneled down 6 or 8 inches, hooked a left and kept going. Probably not but a few more inches, but I couldn't bring myself to stick my hand in there to see. Anyway, the dirt he dug out was all piled up there, and I didn't do a very good job of spreading it out once the hole was filled.

The castor oil holds them for exactly 6 weeks. Odd, I know, but it really does. Seems like they'll be back at 6 weeks and a day.

I'm already missing having you guys out to my place, although I completely understand the inconvenient location. Can't wait to see everybody.