Right now we’re waiting for the doorbell to ring announcing our first treat or treaters. So far it’s been a productive Wednesday. We woke up about 6:30, checked emails, watched a bit of news, had a cup of coffee. The captain likes homemade granola with coconut milk, but I don’t usually eat anything first thing in the morning. I checked FlightTracker to make sure that my son’s Jet Blue flight to Boston departed on time, which it had. Since Amtrak is still down, he’ll have a hard time getting to New Haven; I’m a little concerned about that. I’m too far away to come to the rescue.
The captain and I discussed our day’s plans. Usually we go to the gym in the morning, but today I had other ideas for exercise. When the captain’s home, I work him half to death on projects that I can’t do when I’m alone. I really wanted to go to Mountain Meadow Mushrooms in Escondido. They have free mushroom compost which is supposed to be awesome for gardens and I want to get ours ready for winter veggies. This business was featured on Mike Rowe‘s Dirty Jobs show (Mushroom Farmer).
It’s about 25 minutes or so from where we live. The compost is in huge piles; you fill your own containers or truck for free, although they have a loader there for larger amounts, but I’m not sure of the cost.
We got our shovels out and started working! I just took a break to take the pic.
Lots of flies! Mushrooms are actually embedded in all the stinky compost!
From the parking lot, this is the beautiful view of the Daley Ranch, a great place to hike.
Back at home, we he immediately unloaded and prepared to rototill.
Good news for a mom. My son made it to New Haven. Happy Halloween everyone!
Very cool. I’d love to visit that Magic Mushroom Ranch. And homemade granola with coconut milk sounds amazing!
I really think Magic Mushroom Ranch is a much better biz name than the one they chose! And the cap loves his granola, not too happy about the coconut milk, but he can’t have soy or rice!
I’m gagging at the thought of granola and coconut milk.
Does that mean it sounds absolutely delicious to you?
H.E. double hockey sticks no.
LOL. I read your comment to my hubby; he started laughing. He said it’s not so bad, not good, but not a deal breaker. Remember, I’m the food police around here. And it’s not a democracy.
Granola and coconut milk sounds delicious! And this digging for magic mushrooms looks like fun and a great workout!!
You’re very kind, unlike the previous commenter (!) Don’t knock it til you try it. The mushroom farm was really cool We will def go back.