Unexpected Mushrooms

We use a commercial cactus mix that doesn't contain peat moss to start all of our hot pepper seedlings. There's only one place locally where we can get this special mix and we've used it for two years now. This year we had unexpected mushrooms sprouting in all the pepper trays. They're easily removed and the pepper seedlings appear to be very healthy. Just part of the small farming experience!

Update On The Fence Problem

We were given a few hundred feet of 6' tall high tensile woven wire fencing, complete with several very long posts and gates....all free if we'd go out and remove them from the property where they were used to keep deer in a pen on a hillside. This wire is very tough and used to contain deer, elk and buffalo. We spent a great weekend with a couple of friends and a picnic lunch taking the wire and poles down. Let 'em try and cut through this fence with their little side-cutters!

The wire was rolled up tightly and all the posts, gates, barbed wire and fencing were loaded into this greated borrowed dump trailer and hauled back to our place. The next step is to get it all put back up on our property. That will have to wait a while since we're really busy right now transplanting seedlings out into the new field.

Not only was the weather perfect for this little excursion, we had some great friends along to share the workload. Mark and Carolyn have been good friends for many years and their help was invaluable. Thanks guys!