See this crop of mushrooms? They're only coming up over my EEs. Never saw it before. What's up with that?
OK, what's with the mushrooms?
I don't know, but does water drain from that pipe coming out of the house? Maybe there was something in the mulch?
Looks like pine chips or something. I agree. Probably spores in them.
Your mulch is telling you that it is decomposing...lol..I have it here and let it be..lol
Last year after every rain, I would get a patch of mushrooms right by my tomatoes. I think they're fun and just leave them alone. They'll die eventually from heat and drought.
I always think of them as the soil in my flowerbed's way of saying "I am so happy!" :-)
Carla
This message was edited Apr 11, 2013 12:40 PM
Hmmmm, well, this is last year's mulch--haven't added any this year. I also have EEs in the front of my house (east side), and there's no mushrooms there. The east side ones are sprouting, but the north side ones haven't started yet. Not as much sun.
I see EE and I think "easter-egger" (a kind of chicken) Elephant Ears maybe? Possibility exists that they are rotting, might dig one up and check.
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.
Glad these dillos out by me have plenty of land to go dig elsewhere besides in my flowerbeds....
Nadine, you're a lucky duck.
Sybram- I have an armadillo family that keeps digging up one of my beds too. Where do you put the castor oil, in the hole? I can't bear to hurt them but I'd love them to move away from the house & flower beds.
Sweetmommy--No, I spray our grass and flower beds. Mix 2 oz castor oil to 1 gal water in your sprayer. Works like a charm.