Mushie update

Just got back from my 2 week PDC (permaculture design certificate - read about it here) so no time for much except a quick mushroom update!

Here come the mushies...... :*)



More updates (including the new greenhouse shadecover) to come this week once I dig myself out from the avalanche of work waiting for me in my inbox :*)

Mushrooms again

Over the weekend I made up my substrate (growing medium) for the mushies. (for more details see Forest Fungi's website). But it was pretty straightforward. I mixed up some soaked oats, wheat and coir with some tea and coffee grounds and some gypsum, then put this into jars and number 5 plastic containers and used my pressure canner to sterilise.

Then put the grain spawn I received into each container and covered. Now I just have to wait for the mushies to start to appear - might take up to 8 weeks depending on how they like the climate in my house!

Gonna grow me some mushies!

Thanks to Will over at Forest Fungi, I'm embarking on a mushroom growing adventure. Not the tasteless white cup variety either, but lovely Oyster mushies. YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM

It might just look like a bag of grains now, but stay tuned for the step-by-step transformation to lovely king Oyster mushrooms!