@DSP's Tax Lawyer
Is he actually trying to ferment mushrooms? Because kombucha is fermented black tea. It's tricky to get the Mother going so most people just take a piece of an existing one.
He's referred to the pool as a "native refrigerator" or smth, can't remember. I mean running water would keep things cool I guess, and lots of cultures did evaporative cooling via clay jars. No one uses a tepid open air kiddie pool in the desert to keep things cool though. He's got a fridge so idgi
Also I'm in awe of how quickly this new apartment turned into the same dump as his last one.