I'm seriously considering a grow.
... it's been years since I have studied or grown fungi, and my botany activities have been reduced to a small collection of cacti, it's even been years since I have picked up a musical intrument...This was not intentional, chemistry consumes you, the hobby becomes an addiction, and eventually chemistry becomes your life. So, in an effort to expand out into other areas, and in an effort to become a better rounded individual, I've seriously considered a mushroom grow. (As well as other small ventures).
...This is the issue with clandestine activities like chemistry or mushroom cultivation, by means of necessity your forced to live a rather clandestine lifestyle, that is unless you want a lifestyle in prison you must blend in, dress nice, keep few associates, and worst of all you are prevented from discussing your deepest interests and work with just about everybody...is it worth it? In the end, yes, I feel the work you are doing transcends the sacrifices you are making...
A grow off would be an interesting event, it would be an opportunity to watch several grows progress simultaneously from start to finish, at which point the end products can be compared and the process discussed...
-eg