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How Fungi Can Support Life in Space
What are some of the ways humans might apply the functionality of fungi to the final frontier? Explore with us.
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How to Grow Cordyceps Mushrooms with William Padilla-Brown
In this guide, you will learn both jar tech and bin tech methods, including preparation, inoculation, growing, and harvesting.
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How to Make a Martha Tent Mushroom Fruiting Chamber
What is a Martha Tent / What is the Martha Tek? The term Martha Tent was born out of the...
We Tested the Mella Smart Mushroom Fruiting Chamber by FirstBuild
Awhile back, the team at FirstBuild reached out to us about the Mella Smart Mushroom Fruiting Chamber they were creating and asked if we would like to help advise the development team. And, of course, we jumped at the opportunity. This automated mushroom growing appliance has been designed to fit into small spaces (e.g. kitchen countertops) and to make the process of mushroom growing easier, cleaner, more practical for smaller-scale growers and hobbyists. (Think high-tech tiny version of a Martha tent.)
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Riverside Farm: Innovative Shiitake Mushroom Log Techniques
This week, we had the pleasure of speaking with Winslow Robinson of Riverside Farm in North Yarmouth, Maine. Winslow and his partner Laura focus on honest, holistic health and wellness, as well as creative innovations for efficiency in farming. In this interview, we learned more about their experience with mushroom log cultivation and their innovations: a 'Mush Room," wax spraying gun, spawn blaster, and a log turner.
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Psilocybin Mushrooms and America's Great Psychedelic Awakening
The psychedelic renaissance in the US has been gradually progressing for over a decade now and it’s no surprise that...
Fry Farm: Growing Lion's Mane and Shiitake Mushroom Pillars in Georgia
This week we had the privilege of speaking with Matt Fry of Fry Farm in Bethlehem, Georgia about their expertise with growing shiitake, lion's mane, and oyster mushrooms using the totem method.
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Angel Schatz: Growing Edible Mushrooms in Central Texas
Angel Schatz is part of the leadership team of both the Central Texas Mycological Society and Austin Organic Gardeners. She shares how she's harmonizing vegetable gardening and mushroom growing, using recycled mushroom blocks.
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Sam Shoemaker: Fungal Forms & Basement Cultivation
Mary: Hi! Can you share your name, pronouns, a little about yourself and where you are? Sam: Sam Shoemaker (he/him)....
Growing in the Midwest with Tag
For this week's grower highlight, we were able to speak with experienced home-brewer and outdoorsman Tag Huff of Peculiar, Missouri about his experience with growing mushrooms. He's translating his skills from home brewing to home growing!
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Your Skin on Shrooms
We know mushrooms can do so much to support our bodies, but did you know that includes the outside too? Snow mushrooms are especially adept at hydrating, soothing, and brightening skin.
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Growing in the Desert Part II: with Jacq
Jacq Davis has cracked the code. After over six years of toiling in the desert, they’ve created an “edible landscape,” a lush permaculture garden oasis known as Epic Yard Farm in Tempe, Arizona where food is grown year-round.
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Choosing Spawn for Growing Mushrooms Outside
What's the difference between sawdust spawn, plug spawn, and grain spawn for growing mushrooms outside? And why would you choose to use one over the other? We'll demystify exactly what mushroom spawn is and cover some considerations that might sway your choice so you can get growing.
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Growing in the Desert Part I: with Kori Adkins
An interview on the challenges of growing mushrooms in the desert and creative solutions. Read on to learn how to grow mushrooms on your recycling.
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Species Spotlight: Shiitake Mushrooms
Shiitakes are one of the easiest and most foolproof mushrooms you can grow on logs. It's no wonder, humans have...
How to Grow Shiitake Mushrooms on Logs
Growing shiitake mushrooms on logs is one of the most satisfying and sustainable means of cultivating mushrooms. It’s more cost-effective...
Which Species of Log is Best?
Match your mushrooms to their preferred type of tree! Learn about species compatibility with this easy-to-use chart to help with log inoculation.
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Medicinal Mushroom Tinctures: How To Benefit From Using Them
The popularity of medicinal mushroom tinctures is undoubtedly on the rise, but what are the benefits? And how should you...
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