February Boredom Solutions

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Got a bad case of February boredom going here. Time to start looking for something interesting to do! At the moment I'm getting The Farm started again--getting started with seedlings, dumping the dirt from the containers into the garden for replacement, hoping the cat hasn't decided to use the containers as litterboxes over the winter, etc.--but I also want to start other pursuits.* Most of the social things that interest me either don't exist at all here in SLC, or don't start till April. But I may have missed some good ideas. Any suggestions?

Oh, I am doing one thing new--I am finally getting over my fear of my own spatial stupidity and am learning to identify stars. I found the Pleiades and Sirius tonight! I'm starting to get the idea that I can find things in the sky. Which is good, because once the star parties start (in April, of course) I'm going to attend and not look like a complete noob.

Till then, though, seeds and mushrooms it is. Here's hoping those unbore me for now!


*Like mushroom growing! I'm on a mushroom kick lately. Just from a kit, but I have been wanting something alive down in the Bat Cave. Not easy--the cat would eat any pets, plants would pine away and die, and those goddamn gnats last year made terrible pets. I'll have to make sure to get a variety of gnatless shrooms.

Comments

[beccastareyes]

Yay for learning the constellations! Winter's a good time to do it, since there's so many bright stars out, and it gets dark early.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

I put my first herb seeds in dirt yesterday

[willowistari.livejournal.com]

Growing mushrooms would be awesome. :O

(Ahhhh like I need anything else growing in the house, lol)

Mushrooms!

[lycheetwist.livejournal.com]

Oh man! I totally want to try cultivating mushrooms, too! I really want to try the Lion's Mane mushroom. I guess it tastes and feels quite similar to sea food. It also just looks really neat.

I've gone mushroom hunting a few times, and it's pretty fun! I just make sure I don't eat anything I can't %100 identify. Don't feel like dying or getting sick. My favorites so far are a particular type of coral mushroom I found, but I forgot the name.

My dad's cousin, pretty much an Oregon version of Grizzly Adams, is going to take my dad and me foraging this Fall. I'm so excited to go out with someone who knows what they're doing and also knows which mushrooms are good and bad. I wish PSU had a Mycology club or some sort of identification class I could take.

Where did you buy your mushroom kit from?