From: norsgerm@a...........   
      
   jill, what kind of horses do you have?   
   Kurt   
   "jill"  wrote in message   
   news:1149048383.218068.228360@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...   
   > Kurt, what mushroom varieties are you seeing up in your vicinity? I'm   
   > guessing you have a mix of trees near you similar to me. I figure if   
   > mushrooms can survive  your climate they will survive here, so it might   
   > be interesting for us to trade spores. My cousin gets truckloads of   
   > (I'll have to ask him again what kind, but they sure are tasty), and   
   > I'm going to try to get a small piece of the patch to transplant here.   
   > I know someone who sells pure maple syrup who has noticed tapping   
   > season a month to month and 1/2 ahead (and not as productive). She   
   > attributes it to global warming and says it's much worse out east.   
   > Thanks for the link, I was also considering growing hydroponic tomatos,   
   > so it might come in handy. I like the idea of collecting spores myself,   
   > just cause I always hafta do things the hard way, and gives me a good   
   > excuse to skip work and walk in the woods: and today we had a nice temp   
   > today too. found a few really cool looking birdsnest fungi in the horse   
   > barn today   
   > jill   
   >   
   > Kurt wrote:   
   >> jill, interesting comment about global warming. Popple trees (aspen) that   
   >> used to regenerate like crazy 30 years ago no longer do.   
   >> Scaber stalk bolletes helped them (the popples) along.   
   >> I've found scaber stalks by a small patch of popples that are   
   >> regenerating   
   >> somewhat. I suppose it's harder to find them when the climate warms and   
   >> hurts the popples.   
   >> Here's a sight that is commercial, not that you would want the system, (I   
   >> like the woods better!) but it helps you understand some of the fungis   
   >> needs. http://www.cropking.com/   
   >> Kurt   
   >> "jill"  wrote in message   
   >> news:1148950977.758111.3050@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...   
   >> ...........'see if it works, not in this weather though. Glad you made it   
   >> through   
   >> the inferno so far...I was hoping to talk to Kurt soon to trade tips.   
   >> Let's hope all this global warming is not killing off most mushrooms.   
   >> Sorry to hear about your the thermal death jsp, very sad.'.......   
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