Tuesday, September 14, 2010

In the barn

This week end, I went into the goat stall to take some hay. The goats have been out since Spring, so the goat stall was left undisturbed after a rough cleaning a few months ago. When I entered the stall, I noticed something unusual on the ground. Here it is:

Nice mushrooms growing off the goat manure. Here is a shot lower to the ground, showing the stems:

A day later, we went back, and notice that the mushrooms had grown:

They also had a different shape (notice the snake skin in the foreground):

Mike took a cool close shot of underneath the top:

If we want to grow mushrooms, we know now where the best spot will be. The goats will have their own shelter outside, to free up the barn. We were thinking of renting it for horses, but that stall won't be rented.

1 comment:

  1. I would like to know what kind of mushrooms these are. If anyone can identify them please let us know. If we do decide to grow mushrooms they will have to be something that we know for sure is edible. We won't be eating these but we like to learn new things.

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