@Mark Biddle, did you read the full thread? As has been clearly pointed out, mushrooms that appear from out of the soil are NOT harmful to growing plants. The mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of naturally occurring fungal organisms that are the decomposers of organic matter or dead plant material. They are everywhere and do not eat "at the garden roots and stems and such" or bother any living plants! There is no need to compost them as they will disappear in a couple of days all on their own. They are the sign of a healthy soil.

Thank you for responding, tsmith2579. Before I received your response, I went to my local garden center to inquire. They told me to spray the plant with diluted dish soap and spray it into the soil as well. They assured me it was completely safe to do so. Well, I did as they suggested and the bugs seemed to die as soon as the soapy water him them. I cleaned it up and put fresh soil in the pot and set it out for a sun bath. Breathing a sigh of relief, I really thought it was going to be all good... Well, I can tell you all that what I did is apparently NOT and I repeat NOT what you do. My plant is now dead as a hammer and I am just sick over it. I have since read that maybe it was putting it out in the hot sun that did it in. I am unsure what happened. Hopefully, my misfortune will help someone else to avoid this trauma. -Frank

Oh, that is fabulous, Annie! Definitely a jolt of happiness on those walls! I love it, but then again, I'm an "orange" girl and adore the color in all forms. Are walls in adjacent rooms also painted in other colors, or do you have the same paint throughout in the rest of your home? I keep wondering how it will look to have just that one tiny room in our house painted a different color. It's right off the hallways extending from the foyer before you enter the open living/kitchen/dining area. Not that its location really matters, but I'm trying to wrap my head around how it would look to have a brilliantly-hued little "cave" behind that one door.

Thanks so much, y’all. We just moved into this cabin and this was really a my second summer trying to get the garden up and going. Many of the hostas I had got left behind at the other house, I just ran out of time and couldn’t get them all in pots. But, I went from 12 acres to 3 so don’t have the space for what I had. I’m having fun with the new space, though.