A plant order today...

is better than a rapidly devaluing dollar tomorrow.  Or at least that is the attitude I seem to be taking with respect to ordering from various nurseries this year.  The MEGA-tree order I put in at the in-state nursery was only able to be half filled due to them being out of stock of some of the cherry, plum and apple trees that I wanted, so I had to re-order those from http://www.raintreenursery.com/.  I threw in a few bamboo trees as well for garden stake production and so that in 5 years when I am growing 70' tall 7" in diameter bamboo trees, I can take the logs and begin construction of my bamboo tree-city in the upper story of the tall maples and poplars down in the valley.  I also went ahead and ordered a metric ass-ton of mushroom starts.  We started some Shitake last year that should theoretically begin fruiting this year but that was really just a test run.  What I ordered today was two different types of Oyster, two different types of Shitake and some Lion's Mane oysters.  Each order is enough to inoculate 25x40"x4" logs which means I now have to go find 150 40"x4" logs which is no big deal cause it's not like I have to get spring crops in the ground or prep planting sites for 20+ fruit trees or anything.  Okay then, bye bye for now.