raised beds

Weird mushrooms in my raised beds

This week, while doing my daily walk around the raised beds, I noticed that 1 of the beds is populated with new mushrooms!

I never had any mushrooms growing in my garden and I think that it is due to the soil I brought in not long ago is the case here, but I am not really sure yet...

These mushrooms popup during the night (so I believe) and are in full size during the day. They do not last more than 1 day and dries out from the sun in a way that almost nothing is left from it.

Anyone has an idea which mushrooms they are (check the pictures below)?
Are they poisoned, edible? Is there a way to get rid of them, but just pulling them out the new ones every day?

Greenhouses are working!

It cannot be easier than that!

Our household now is in the loop of having enough green leaves to feed itself. We even have some surplus, which we share with our neighbors, who take care of the garden when we are not here.

Apparently greens like Aurugula and different types of lettuce really like hot and humid environment. Now, after experimenting for few months, I can say that this greenhouse endeavor worked very well for our bellies ;-)

The garden is a roof top garden, facing the winds from Lake Merritt and the SF Bay, which, in turn, gets its winds from the Pacific. At least this is MY theory to why our apartment feels like a light tower 90% of the time during the year. So, I added the greenhouses to protect the plants from the wind and the cool temperature most of the time and I gained the heat effect and faster growth of the plants.>>Read more »

Spring garden is ON!

There is nothing more refreshing for me than being outdoors in the spring. What can be better than having a picnic in a green field of joy and flowers? (omit the bugs for this scene)

This spring I decided to take our roof garden one step forward, as far as how it is organized. So, the first thing I did was to design how I want my garden to be built in the most efficient way. I had to take into consideration the angle of the sun in the sky, the wind direction, draining path for the water and of course the right plants for this season.>>Read more »

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743 Warfield Ave
Oakland, CA 94610
United States
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