I hate you. I tried to get mushrooms from my Big W bag but no go...the
*******s must have sterilized it so you have to pay for their Mushroom
Growing Kit....can I come and live with you? there's not a mushroom farm
anywhere up here, probably too hot.

"Geoff & Heather" wrote in message
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I hate to gloat, but I drive past a mushroom farm every day - I can pick up
spent compost for $32 pm - or $3 per bag - straight out of the growing
room - complete with mushrooms, and more that pop up for the next few days.
But yes, it is fabulous stuff - even makes good mulch. It dries out quite
quickly if spread over the surface, then breaks down slowly over a few
months - and NO Weeds :-)

Cheers,
Geoff
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"meeee" wrote in message
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Hi Kylie, congrats on the willy wagtail babies!! A huge butcher bird
keeps eating mine...very sad. As for potting mix, the only stuff I've
had any luck with (I even use it for Bonsai plus other stuff of course)
is spent mushroom compost; a bag from Big W is about $8 I think? My
modern potting mix is horrible and won't grow a thing either. Give the
mushroom stuff a go. Did you manage to get hold of my dad?

i haven't tried yet! i had this idea of contacting him for some tips
after hippie solar dude visits us - well, mainly i'm just very
disorganised, i think! do be sure to tell him not to _wait_ for me g.
sorry about that.

thanks for the mushroom tip! i've been thinking about getting some after
reading through (parts of) garden len's site, & other sites where people
sing its praises, (& also it is cheap!) i feel a bit more inclined to
track some down now & see what it's like. there's no way it could be
worse than some of the crap i've had recently.
thanks!!
kylie


Absolutely! I used some once to mix some bonsai potting mix, and noticed
the change in the trees, so now I use it for everything. See if you can
track down a local mushroom farm as they sell it cheapetr than Big W.

Dad won't mind when you contact him, he's not exactly the most time
conscious person either....probably a better idea to chat to hippie solar
dude about what you want to do first anyway.