I know that I have said more than enough about the cold weather, but since last time temps have dropped more and it is still really cold!! What it means daily is that some of us are spending more time inside than we normally do. Fortunately we have plenty of busy work sowing seeds and transplanting seedlings. Even with these activities to focus confined energy, the greenhouse crew came up with a new idea for our company garden.
Someone working in the greenhouse pointed out that the hardest part about growing Shiitake mushrooms is finding the proper logs; which are just like the one we heave in the wood-stove each day. We found some logs to our specifications and ordered some spawn online.
Yesterday we followed the instructions and inoculated some oak logs with Shiitake spawn. On a whim oyster mushrooms were added because the culture requirements were almost the same as for shiitake. Our logs are here in the greenhouse waiting for the first mushrooms to appear. Hopefully we will have some this summer, we will report our first shiitake mushrooms here!
The Growers Exchange limits itself to growing herbs for all uses: Ayurveda to Culinary. Our spring annual collection reflects our favorite selections of plants that perform well. Check out our collections and selections: herbs, flowering annuals for spring planting in containers and beds. The mushrooms are just us playing; they will go well with our salad garden!
