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“I’m interested, but not overly concerned with predation of deer or other creatures. Since the only cost of propagation is usually my work, I can cope with loss of plants to animals. I notice that the animals also sow the seeds for me. For example, mice tend to do excellent work in planting cherry tree seedlings for me, and squirrels will happily plant chestnut seeds in the fall. And while deer and groundhogs love my strawberry patch, mostly they eat the leaves. Each day I practice “chop and drop” walking amongst the rows and pulling up and thinning out plants to maintain walkways. The material is allowed to compost right in the pathways between plants. In a sense the animals are “chop and drop” practitioners too.”
Dembrosky enumerated some of the many reasons he grows fungus for food and medicine.
"They're resilient, adaptable, medicinal and they're delicious, easy to grow," he said. "They're very often overlooked as part of a home gardening system."
While they are rarely included in garden plots, Dembrosky said fungus is one of the earth's oldest inhabitants.
"Mushrooms are some of the most ancient forms of life on this planet after lichens and very simple bacteria," he said. "They'll be here way after we're gone."
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