edible cactus, Rivenrock Gardens logo.

You can download a screensaver with photos of some of the mushrooms we've found growing at Rivenrock Organic Cactus Farm.
A Rivenrock Mushroom Screensaver 1.69 mb


White Rabbit, by Jefferson Starship

One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall

And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
Call Alice
When she was just small

When men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know

When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
Remember what the dormouse said:
"Feed your head
Feed your head
Feed your head"

wavy edged mushrooms. ball-top edged mushrooms.

Heavy rains this winter brought death and destruction to California. But while one hand takes away, another hand sometimes gives bounty. This winter has given us the heaviest growth of mushrooms and fungie. The normally desolate Death Valley has becomes a riot of color with the most wildflowers seen there in one hundred years. On this page we give some photos of the mushrooms that have grown at Rivenrock this winter. We don't know the names or uses of these plants, but the anthem by Jefferson Starship is what often runs through my mind when looking at mushrooms, it seemed to fit the somber mood of overcast skies and a vague memory of and longing for sunny days.

gooey edged mushrooms. waxy edged mushrooms. fuzzy edged mushrooms. spongy edged mushrooms.

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