Sunday Night Mushroom Miso
One dad tells about his favorite approach to Sunday night dinner: tiny shiitake and miso soup.
Garden Bed Update – Uses For Spent Shiitake Logs
Re-use old mushroom logs as garden bed support systems.
Overview of Shiitake Log Inoculation
This article is a brief overview of shiitake log cultivation, from log selection to mushroom harvest. Here we will detail the following:
Uses For Spent Shiitake Logs
Re-use old mushroom logs as garden bed support systems.
Timing Your First Inoculation
Hey, what are you doing this Valentines day? Timing can make or break some crops. Luckily for us, Shiitake is a fairly forgiving fungi. Shiitake spawn grow best in mild temperatures. In the south, anytime in the spring or fall will do. Still, there are some rules of thumb to keep in mind to help…
I have a mushroom farm in my back yard.
While everyone else is sowing turnip greens, I’m sizing up oak trees. I grew up in central Arkansas. Crown jewel of southern U.S. bible-belt. Fried chicken is king. Mushrooms? The gray slugs on a pizza? No, thanks. I hear they taste like shoes. Luckily, at some point in my life I found Japan, and took…
Recipe for Shiitake Greens
This is the very first meal that I made with my home grown shiitake. I could not believe that I was at my own kitchen table. The combination of flavors was telling me this restaurant was a five star, but it was I who had done the cooking. It had to be that mushroom flavor…
8 Dirty Words About Mushrooms
Just to get some ground rules in, here is a glossary of mushroom terminology I enjoy using on the regular. These words feel so dirty, in a good way. Mycelium – These are basically the roots of the mushroom. They look like little white hairs that gradually spread throughout their nutrient source, or substrata. Substrata…
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