Horticulture department hopes new mushroom competitions grows

Growing your own mushrooms can all start with a roll of toilet paper. For the first year, the N.C. State Fair’s Horticulture Department featured a mushroom competition and April Blazich, the department’s superintendent, said she hopes the new competition and mushroom display in the Exposition Center will encourage fairgoers to try something different – producing mushrooms in their own homes and gardens. “We’re trying to convince people to try something new,” Blazich said. “Garden even if you think you can’t.” Although there were only two entrants in this year’s competition, Blazich said she is confident the mushroom display will raise…