So – you want to grow mushrooms at home. But which mushrooms grow on logs or straw, and why? Can you feed them anything? How do you know what will grow? How do you make sure it’s the mushrooms you wanted… not something else entirely? Why is it all so confusing? All fair enough questions,…
Making a mushroom spore print is an excellent way to get to know mushrooms a little better. And as a bonus, Mushroom Spore Prints make beautiful artworks, and are also a great way to learn to ID different mushroom species. So whether you’re after a forest-meets-craft project, or determined to ID your local mushrooms to…
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A wild food map is a simple way to identify and keep track of all the places where edible weeds, feral fruit, medicinal mushrooms and other yum things grow in your local area – so that, come late summer and autumn, many a happy weekend can be spent finding, picking and eating the bounty. Free,…
Learning how to grow mushrooms in your home garden increases your household's resilience, enhances your garden's soil - and makes your tummy very happy.