We built our first hugel several weeks ago and put plants (and seeds) in it on Father's Day (so, two weeks ago)... after a really dry week last week, it finally rained like crazy this weekend (and is still raining), and little white mushrooms are popping up all over our hugel. While we are thrilled that ANYTHING is growing (because the entire idea of a hugel is so fantastical when compared with having to till and keep beds, etc), we are not sure about these little mushrooms.
Should we be plucking them out? We wouldn't even think of eating them (because we can't identify them), but are they bad to have around the other things we have growing? Can they harm us via the veggies and herbs that are growing amongst them (the mushrooms)?
We are so excited to see our plants doing well, as we are sort of lazy gardeners. The hugelkultur attracted us because we could use things we already had (wood from our land, compost from our compost pile, goat poop from our goats...) to build something that would benefit us long-term.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Kim in NC
PS- It's STILL raining here! Is there ever a situation of too much rain for a hugel?
