Mushroom Growing Tips, Guides & Recipes
Everything You Need To Know To Grow Mushrooms At Home
Recent Posts
The latest from The Nest, the lab, and the kitchen
Guides
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...
Guides
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...
Guides
How to Get More Life From Your 'Spray & Grow' Mushroom Kit
Our Spray and Grow Kits are an easy and convenient way to start growing mushrooms. After they’re done fruiting on...
Travel
Growing Cordyceps Mushrooms in Thailand
In early 2019, before Covid-19 made international travel near impossible, I spent some time in South East Asia and had a...
Recipes
Vegetarian Savory Mushroom Tart Recipe
Mushrooms are standard fare in tarts and quiches but rarely do they add as much to a dish as they...
Guides
Experimenting with our Modified Monotub
Our latest experiment with our modified monotub: growing Black King oyster mushrooms on our Boomr Bag bulk substrate.
Events
Visit us at The Common Ground Fair! (And check out this video)
Every September North Spore heads to the Common Ground Fair to hawk spawn and talk about mushroom cultivation. If you're...
Foraging
Lobster Mushrooms: Maine's Other Lobster
While lobster mushrooms don't have the legions of fervent aficionados that porcini and chanterelle mushrooms command, they are equally delicious....