so upon further investigation:
my meth head brother-in-law thought he was a gardener. he took a big bale of sawdust, some steer manure, some moss. he mixed it into the native soil. well he left it in big clumps. the saw dust has been buried for a year. i dig here and there and find handful sized patches of it. it is covered in a white hair, mold like growth. some of the white stuff is at the soil were the ones are popping out. it looks as if they are growing from it. so i've dug around carefully and found some of this white hairy stuff and have placed it, without touching it, along the edge of the paving stone. i will keep it moist now and see if it grows.
