Blake Lenoir

Cool process! Where I get the bag and mushroom mix from? Could we find those at any store such as Home Depot or Ace? And do they have the large plastic bag as shown on YouTube? Thanks!

Good evening M! Your beautiful encouragement is more than welcome and it's an inspiring sight. Wish there's more people out there to aid me on my quest. My love for horticulture and nature has been a treasure and they empowered me lot to aid others and myself. Take care friend.

Good evening friends! How are you? Blake is looking for more help in acquiring some very historic Serbian, Croatian and Bulgarian crops to help restore his community's past in Chicago to edify everybody this year and beyond. One of the crops I already have is the Futog cabbage and it's grown from the 18th century.
Here's some targets I'm hunting for.
1. Osmak eight row white corn
2. Serbian white pumpkin
3. Serbian oval gray pumpkin
4. Cerovaca Old Serbian melon
5. Serbian or Croatian red onion
6. Serbian cucumber
7. Bulgarian long cucumber
8. Balkan cabbage
9. Bulgarian long lettuce
10. Serbian buckwheat
Most of these will be hard to bring into America at this stage because of the obstacles. I never had ordered from Europe before for anything. I'm looking for the absolute best to grow for my community and edify all. Please reach me at the Purple Moosage page to discuss more ways to acquire these historic crops so some of my quests can be accomplished. Good night!

Good evening friends! How's everybody in this new year? I've tried to grow some mushrooms on toilet paper in large plastic, but ended up being spoiled. How can do it the right way? And how could I produce more mushrooms on toilet paper? Done it last month at a Christmas event at my community farm in my neighborhood and I enjoyed it. I'd like see how it's done. Please shoot me back if you need me. Take care.

Happy 2026 folks! How are you? Seeking help in acquiring a few Serbian varieties.
Here's my list.
1. Osmak eight row corn
2. Serbian white or gray pumpkin
3. Serbian old melon (very sweet and juicy)
4. Serbian cucumber (green one)
5. Serbian white beans
6. Serbian white or red onion
7. Serbian leek
8. Serbian white sweet pepper
9. Serbian carrot
10. Serbian green salad (lettuce type)
I'm trying to restore my community's European Balkan past in Chicago for its economic and religious contributions in the late 1800s to the 1900s, but needed some help in finding a few places and folks that would help acquire me some of those historic crops to America to help the Serbian and Balkan communities remember their motherlands and ancestors who came there after heavy political persecution years ago. I can't find those anywhere else in America or in the world for that matter.
If there's anybody in America who's of Serbian or Balkan descent growing some of this stuff, please let me know in the comments or in the Purple Moosage to discuss more and how to acquire them. One of those I already have is the Futog cabbage and I'm planning to grow those this year. Please shoot back as soon as possible.
Take care!

What's happening! Thanks for aiding me. You're welcome back to help anytime. Take care.

Happy 2026 folks! How's everybody? I'd like to find out which materials I begin first before creating designs for my new path for it to become innovative. I wanted to create a wildlife scene to commemorate my community's past. Take care!

Happy New Year Molly! How are you? Thanks for the info. Also looking for the Red Dutch cabbage and some Polish and Serbian varieties that look like the ancient ones from their homelands. I already have the Futog cabbage and Polish Eagle beans to commemorate my community's Eastern European past in Chicago since it has some of the largest Polish and Serbian populations in America and the world outside their motherlands.
Wanna make a significant difference to my community and region as well as to my family's ancestry in Mississippi, Louisiana and Oklahoma. I also have some Swedish ancestry in my community and I'm looking for some Blue Congo potatoes, Caucasian spinach and a Swedish yellow cucumber to collect for my restoration project to commemorate my community's past. Have a good day!

I just been over there and tried to reach out to one of the Irish folks about the cabbage, but they won't ship directly to America due to custom issues and these things. It's a mountainous challenge right now to bring stuff from overseas especially for smaller things. I don't know anybody from over there and there's nowhere else in the world to find the cabbage since it's only found in Ireland.
Is there anybody else on Permies who grows the huge and historic cabbage?
If anybody is growing those, please reach me at the Purple Moosage to discuss more ways on how I could get the crop without going directly to Brown Envelope or any other seed company in Ireland or Britain. Did my best to reach out to a few more folks, but no luck. Take care.

What's happening friend! Trying to find some help in acquiring the giant Gortahork cabbage from Ireland to cement my great grandparents memories and legacies to help remember my late dad who passed away this year.
Couldn't find anybody in Ireland or in the U.K who I know of and am new to the other side of the world. Looking for somebody from Ireland or Britain from Permies to help me acquire the historic cabbage so I can get a chance to grow that big beauty in the spring. Have a happy new year!