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Five year update: 1/11/2025  !phew! it's been a full five year flurry... but we did it!  we built our 'shroomery and populated it with five years of (@100 logs per year) producing logs: 500+ mushroom-inoculated hardwood logs, now in various states of gnarly decomposition, and across the crop, flushing consistently. We've had all the mushrooms we've wanted for our homestead use for a few years now...and we've done "all the things" with them, including mastering their preservation for future use. THIS 5-year crop of six types of mushrooms logs ( 6+" diameter, 40"+ length)should now produce (on a bell curve) for...

Updated April 2024 The mighty Lion's Mane mushroom doesn't look like your typical mushroom. It has no real cap and no stem. Instead, it has hanging spines or tendrils coming out from a single clump, and the tendrils resemble the mane of a regal male lion. Lion's Mane is a delicious, nutritious gourmet edible mushroom, and is quite tasty! They are also highly prized for their medicinal properties and their healing effect on the brain and nervous system. As food, they're great alone or in a dish with other ingredients and prized for their texture and ability to absorb other...

The chicken of the woods mushroom can be as impressive in size as it is vibrant in it's yellow-orange colors, and has only recently made its way from the wild, into cultivation.  Often called "CoW", the chicken of the woods mushroom has a meaty taste. Some think it tastes like its chicken namesake; others describe the flavor as being more like crab or lobster. Whatever your opinion, the chicken mushroom makes a great substitute for meat in almost any dish.   Blooms:Summer through Fall Chicken of the Woods is pleasantly firm and meaty. It’s best (and most easily digestible) to...

Updated April 2024 The elegant Oyster Mushroom is a common wild, edible mushroom that was first cultivated in Germany as a subsistence measure during World War I and is now grown commercially around the world for food. One of the easiest mushrooms to grow, oyster mushrooms have been used for thousands of years as a culinary and medicinal ingredient. They have a rich history in traditional Chinese medicine from as early as 3,000 years ago, particularly as a tonic for the immune system.  Oyster mushrooms are delicate, tender and cook very quickly. This makes them a great option for quick...