Hello-
I've been around various forums and helped administer some in the past, generally using the name Mantid (itself a hint to my Mckennan experiences) so I have used it here as well. I've been deeply involved with alt.drugs and other newsgroups, the Lycauem, the Visionary Plants List, Erowid, and more recently under different names various fungus and plant forums. I've attended Burning Man a few times in the 90s and met many wonderful entheogenesists, and also spent some time living in Japan where I prosthelytized the there-legal 2cb and also helped distribute Aya which was produced by someone who shall remain nameless but you are certainly familiar with.
In recent years I've returned to a more mundane lifestyle, but no less rewarding. Traveling the US and India, getting married, having a child, and relocating to an extremely rural, isolated area in Coastal Oregon where I am practicing organic subsistence farming. I've taken workshops at Fungi Perfecti and have grown several species of mushrooms both indoors and out, and am attempting to get several of them naturalized on my property. I've also had the joy of discovering huge colonies of active mushrooms which are already established in my area and on my land -- 3 species and counting. I am a legal medical cannabis user and have been honing the art of growing and breeding cannabis for medical patients in the area, this is perhaps the most rewarding work of my life. I took that mission upon myself when I had to watch my father die of cancer while refusing to try cannabis therapy because of the draconian laws in place in his state at the time.
I've been growing lare quantities of trichocerus cactus in an attempt to naturalize some here, but I fear it will not be possible since I lost the entire colony in a freak frost this winter. They were in a greenhouse which generally stays above freezing but it dipped to 14 degrees for 2 nights and they all died. I am slowly restoring them, and will not keep them outside anymore. It was my hope to find a cultivar which will reach a size and root depth to survive the mild frosts we have here, but since this incident has occurred, I now know it is possible for it to happen again and I don't want to risk more loss.
I also have been growing brugmansias for their fragrant blooms, and am able to successfully overwinter them. However, they are getting so large that I cannot increase my collection very much without having a dedicated building for them!
This site has been fascinating to browse and while I am not as much of an internal explorer as I used to be, I am keen to reconnect with the community and especially tap into the horticultural knowledge and share my own skills and experiences. Thanks for having me!
I've been around various forums and helped administer some in the past, generally using the name Mantid (itself a hint to my Mckennan experiences) so I have used it here as well. I've been deeply involved with alt.drugs and other newsgroups, the Lycauem, the Visionary Plants List, Erowid, and more recently under different names various fungus and plant forums. I've attended Burning Man a few times in the 90s and met many wonderful entheogenesists, and also spent some time living in Japan where I prosthelytized the there-legal 2cb and also helped distribute Aya which was produced by someone who shall remain nameless but you are certainly familiar with.
In recent years I've returned to a more mundane lifestyle, but no less rewarding. Traveling the US and India, getting married, having a child, and relocating to an extremely rural, isolated area in Coastal Oregon where I am practicing organic subsistence farming. I've taken workshops at Fungi Perfecti and have grown several species of mushrooms both indoors and out, and am attempting to get several of them naturalized on my property. I've also had the joy of discovering huge colonies of active mushrooms which are already established in my area and on my land -- 3 species and counting. I am a legal medical cannabis user and have been honing the art of growing and breeding cannabis for medical patients in the area, this is perhaps the most rewarding work of my life. I took that mission upon myself when I had to watch my father die of cancer while refusing to try cannabis therapy because of the draconian laws in place in his state at the time.
I've been growing lare quantities of trichocerus cactus in an attempt to naturalize some here, but I fear it will not be possible since I lost the entire colony in a freak frost this winter. They were in a greenhouse which generally stays above freezing but it dipped to 14 degrees for 2 nights and they all died. I am slowly restoring them, and will not keep them outside anymore. It was my hope to find a cultivar which will reach a size and root depth to survive the mild frosts we have here, but since this incident has occurred, I now know it is possible for it to happen again and I don't want to risk more loss.
I also have been growing brugmansias for their fragrant blooms, and am able to successfully overwinter them. However, they are getting so large that I cannot increase my collection very much without having a dedicated building for them!
This site has been fascinating to browse and while I am not as much of an internal explorer as I used to be, I am keen to reconnect with the community and especially tap into the horticultural knowledge and share my own skills and experiences. Thanks for having me!
