Oyster Mushrooms
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My winter project: An exotic edible (and medicinal) mushroom farm
I busied myself this winter by creating a “mushroom log farm” on my property. I am hopeful for the eventual appearance of nearly 100 pounds per year of 14 different varieties of exotic edible and medicinal mushrooms. Continue reading
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The Drought Is Over! Here’s Your Mid-October Report for the Puget Sound Region
Mushrooms are now to be had in the forests near Mt. Rainier. (Not in the national park, unfortunately … you can’t hunt there. But in the national forests like Gifford Pinchot, learn the licensing and hunting regulations and get out there!) Continue reading
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“There You Are, My Precious!!!” (My First Morel Find of the Season)
I know … mushroom-obsessed people can be a little creepy sometimes. I felt a bit like Gollum, two weekends ago, when my son Nathan and I went on our first morel-hunting foray down into Oregon, and he snapped this photo of me sneaking up on my first morel find of the season, a nice yellow… Continue reading
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Do You Want To Start With Cultivating Something Healthy, Easy, and Delicious? Try Oyster Mushrooms! (Part 2)
How to cultivate delicious Oyster Mushrooms at home. Continue reading
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Why Do Oysters Need a Bath? (Part 1)
Growing Oysters from straw logs is fast and relatively easy, but doesn’t work as well out of doors, so I decided to go a different route. I purchased about 200 Oyster spawn plugs, little wooden dowels impregnated with the mycelium of Pleurotus ostreatus … Continue reading
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Getting Out There, Part 4: What to Hunt for
ow to prepare for your hunt. Now it’s time to get down to brass tacks. What should you hunt for? Continue reading
Mushroom Obsession 