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Craig Sailor is the Arts & Entertainment editor at The News Tribune. Last year he planted his first vegetable garden. Focusing on unusual varieties, “Freak of Nature” returns for 2008 with a new crop of uncommon vegetables and flowers. This year he’ll try yin yang beans, giant pumpkins, blue poppies and mutant sunflowers. He gardens at his North End Tacoma home and sneaks seeds in to his mother’s garden at Willapa Bay when she’s not looking. E-mail him at craig.sailor@thenewstribune.com.

Sue Kidd is the Lifestyle Editor at The News Tribune and the ringleader for the Home&Garden section. She is a decent vegetable gardener, but occasionally a tragic mess at growing other stuff. She’ll blog about gardening events, gadgets, her weird obsession with guerrilla gardening and all her assorted garden disasters. E-mail her with thoughts/rants/questions/bizarre observations. sue.kidd@thenewstribune.com.

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A Gardening Blog
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
The fungus among us
Posted by Craig Sailor @ 06:00:01 am

I never get tired of using that headline.

This mushroom themed post is about the benefits of mushrooms in the garden. "Mushroom Maynia!"
is at the Burke Museum on Sunday, May 4 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. It's hosted by The Puget Sound Mycological Society.

Seattle – Approximately 90% of plants depend on fungi in order to grow and thrive. Come find out why this is so at Mushroom Maynia! Every garden lover can become a mushroom lover too. Learn how to identify wild mushrooms, how to grow your own mushrooms, and how to make tasty mushroom treats that will delight the taste buds.

This family-friendly event includes activities for all ages and will focus on how mushrooms fit into our local ecosystem.

Activities include cultivating your own mushrooms and culinary recipes, plus an opportunity to learn how mushrooms can be turned into artistic dyes and crayons!

Free parking is provided in several lots throughout the UW campus on Sundays. The Burke Museum is located at the corner of NE 45th St and 17th Ave NE on the University of Washington campus in Seattle. Hours are 10 am to 5 pm daily, and until 8 pm on first Thursdays. Admission is $8 adult, $6.50 senior (65+), $5 youth/students (w/ID), and FREE to children 4 and under. Admission is free to Burke members, UW students, faculty, and staff, and to the public on the first Thursday of each month. 24-hour recorded information, call 206-543-5590 or visit www.burkemuseum.org.</blockquote>

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