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The Mushroom Farmer, Book 3, Chapter 12

He would like to stick his face right up to where he has planted corn and scream, “Why won’t you grow!”

Posted byMarkGozonskyMay 31, 2021June 5, 2021Posted inGardenTags:10 out of 10, oats, pumpkin, Urban farming2 Comments on The Mushroom Farmer, Book 3, Chapter 12

The Mushroom Farmer, Book 3, Chapter 11

Hah-hah on lead poisoning, he had been thinking.

Posted byMarkGozonskyMay 20, 2021May 20, 2021Posted inGarden, SoilTags:lead, lettuce, phosphate, push and pull, pyromorphite, wheelbarrow2 Comments on The Mushroom Farmer, Book 3, Chapter 11

The Mushroom Farmer, Book Three, Chapter 10

Will it trigger Armageddon to plant a supermarket yam?

Posted byMarkGozonskyMay 7, 2021May 8, 2021Posted inLos Angeles, SoilTags:bubble wrap, chayote, clinical depression, Funky Town, lavender, Urban farming4 Comments on The Mushroom Farmer, Book Three, Chapter 10

The Mushroom Farmer, Book Three, Chapter 9

The mf had plenty of opportunity to observe billowing clouds and blue-blue sky because there were no kids performing antics or sulking, and all the grown-ups were standing around dumbstruck by the emptiness.

Posted byMarkGozonskyApril 28, 2021May 7, 2021Posted inLos Angeles, mushroomTags:log, sun, taco, teaching3 Comments on The Mushroom Farmer, Book Three, Chapter 9

The Mushroom Farmer, Book Three, Chapter 8

The mf was still getting used to the single sunbeam glinting off the angelic-looking woman’s short blonde hair and reflecting her calmly cheerful demeanor but not her tactfully invisible angel wings and harp.

Posted byMarkGozonskyApril 17, 2021Posted inAutofiction, Los AngelesTags:angel, Borage, Gangsta Gardening, solidarity, tripping, Ukraine, Urban farming1 Comment on The Mushroom Farmer, Book Three, Chapter 8

The Mushroom Farmer, Book 3, Chapter 7

I proclaim this current door a huge improvement.

Posted byMarkGozonskyApril 14, 2021April 14, 2021Posted inAutofiction, Chicken, Egg, Los AngelesTags:discombobulated, handy, intimation, love, ramshackle, Urban farming1 Comment on The Mushroom Farmer, Book 3, Chapter 7

The Mushroom Farmer, Book Three, Chapter 6

Ghost pumpkin seedlings looked down on the mf from vegetable heaven. They shook their first true leaves and called him names.

Posted byMarkGozonskyApril 8, 2021April 8, 2021Posted inAutofiction, Food Insecurity, Los Angeles, orange, Social justice, SoilTags:bias toward action, Dublin Blues, lethargy, Urban farming1 Comment on The Mushroom Farmer, Book Three, Chapter 6

The Mushroom Farmer, Book Three, Chapter 5

Isn’t it funny how the mf, alone among humankind, ignores the answers that are right in front of him.

Posted byMarkGozonskyApril 3, 2021Posted inFood Insecurity, magic, networkingTags:humor, Hungarian wax peppers, misfortune, rotate, shovel, yellow flowers2 Comments on The Mushroom Farmer, Book Three, Chapter 5

The Mushroom Farmer, Book Three, Chapter 4

“I do my best,” he protested. “I try hard.”

“Yes,” she agreed. “But you don’t know what you’re doing.”

Posted byMarkGozonskyMarch 29, 2021January 1, 2022Posted inChicken, Los Angeles, ResilienceTags:everlastingness, orange, parsnip, statice, sunflower, teaching, Urban farming, Yiddish1 Comment on The Mushroom Farmer, Book Three, Chapter 4

The Mushroom Farmer, Book Three, Chapter 3

The first words that come to mind when reporting on the mf and his 7th period’s tofu-and-broccoli stir-fry lesson are:  “OH THE JOY.”

Posted byMarkGozonskyMarch 21, 2021March 22, 2021Posted inAutofiction, Food Insecurity, Los AngelesTags:am I yannic enough for ya, Gangsta Gardening, Queen Anne's Lace, Rapture, teaching, The Sympathizer, tofu, Urban farming2 Comments on The Mushroom Farmer, Book Three, Chapter 3

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