Another informative talk by Paul Stamets
Paul Stamets was on TED . Here is his talk:
http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world.html
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Attention Mushroom Farmers!
Mushroom growers and farmers…now is probably our last chance to complete fall projects for spring flushes! I still have some plugs to put in logs and will get them completed soon. From what the mushroom growing literature says, October is the last month to inoculate outdoor projects in this area.
I will make sure my mushroom beds have have plenty of cover and are well watered. The Garden Giant mushroom bed has not flushed yet, although I know the mycelium is distributed throughout the wood chips. It will flush next spring when waterd well, unless I get a surprise flush before then! The Oysters continue to flush off and on from the coffee grounds, mushroom bed with woodchips and they even flush out of the bottum of my compost bin.
So if you are like me, you have to get these things in order before the snow REALLY settles in.
Mystery Mushroom
Mushrooms continue to fascinate me. This strange mushroom was growing in Bozeman, MT along a busy downtown sidewalk.
Does anyone out there know what it is?
Comments? Don’t be bashful!
Eating and Storing Oyster Mushrooms
After successful harvest of oyster mushrooms grown on coffee grounds, the enjoyable job of cooking and storing the harvest begins!
The first thing to do was to eat them and see how they taste. Oysters change flavor a little when grown on different hosts, and I was curious how the coffee would affect it. The mushrooms were torn in small strips and fried in canola oil.
They were delicious! I think they were a little sweeter than the others I have eaten. The texture was firm but not woody at all. We decided to try them dusted with flour and cooked with a little butter added to the oil.
They were delicious also and held up to the process very well. We will cover saving the excess next!
Oyster Mushrooms On Coffee Grounds
Was headed out camping and walked by my coffee grounds bucket, and was shocked by what I saw!
This what the project looked like in April.
I had been around this area earlier in the week and didn’t notice anything!
Beautiful luxurious Oyster Mushrooms! They are growing quite well, and I can’t wait to eat them. This marks a growing success for me, because this was the Oyster growing project I was most interested in.
Tons and tons of coffee grounds are wasted in our landfills each year. This proves that food can be produced using this waste product. Not only does it keep this valuable resource out of our landfills, but the mushrooms also neutralize the caffeine in the grounds.
Once again the process was low cost and not labor intensive. The spawn was just simply mixed into the coffee grounds and left to grow on it’s own. I can see a real use for these mushrooms in poor countries with shortages of food, and plenty of waste.
Thanks again to Wild Joe’s for the organic coffee grounds, and Garden City Fungi for the spawn.