Growing gourmet mushrooms at home is rewarding and easier than you might think. I decided to try growing the garden giant mushroom in my back yard on wood chips. After ordering spawn from, North Spore, I ordered free woodchips from Chipdrop.com
We found a free wooden box and layered it with hardwood chips and the Garden Giant spawn. Lots of water and shade! They started to Grow! Harvested 3 flushes the first year and 1 or 2 for the last 3 years.
Now is the time to move the grow your favorite Gourmet mushroom inside! I enjoyed organic Shiitake mushrooms all winter last year. The kits make it easy to get started and they don’t take much room.
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As I look out at the cold and snow, I am warmed by the thought of eating fresh mushrooms!
One of the Oyster Mushroom projects had a successful flush after sleeping through the winter.
The project started with burlap sacks filled with coffee grounds and oyster mushroom spawn. The sacks were stacked , bunker style outside, and left through the winter.
There was encouraging signs of life this spring and the bunker started getting water regularly. The gunny sack material sprouted mycelium throughout.
The first flush was large, and the mushrooms were tender and had a light licorice smell. The clusters pulled from the fabric easily, and were pretty clean.
I think the burlap material helped keep the moisture correct. This has been a problem when growing oysters in buckets. The material seems to wick the moisture where needed, much like mycelium. No wonder fungus loves burlap! Give it a try,
Dean
