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Grow Mushrooms Outdoors
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Why grow mushrooms in your garden?
✔️ Maximize Space & Boost Plant Growth
Grow mushrooms in shady, underused areas while enriching the soil to support healthier vegetables and flowers.
✔️ Improve Soil Health & Sustainability
Mushrooms enhance nutrient cycling, break down organic matter, and reduce the need for synthetic fertilizers—all with minimal waste.
✔️ Low-Maintenance & Perennial Harvests
Set it and forget it—most mushrooms can thrive with little effort and return season after season.
✔️ Nutritious & Eco-Friendly
Homegrown mushrooms provide a natural source of protein while supporting pollinators, wildlife, and beneficial microbes.
Choose your method
Mushrooms for logs
Mushrooms for beds
Mushrooms for containers
More on log cultivation
"It took about 6 months for the first Shiitake to appear, now they fruit in spring and fall when it rains. I'm ordered more, been very pleased. Oh and they're delicious!!"
-Rebecca P.
Log cultivation is a highly efficient way to grow mushrooms in your garden, especially in shaded or underused areas where other plants may struggle. By inoculating hardwood logs with mushroom spawn, you create a natural growing environment that transforms wasted space into productive, mushroom-producing zones. It’s an ideal solution for gardeners looking to make the most of every corner, turning even the most challenging spaces into thriving growing areas.
Once you’ve inoculated your logs, log cultivation requires very little attention. The mushrooms will fruit naturally, providing you with fresh, gourmet mushrooms year after year. Unlike other growing methods that need regular care, you can “set it and forget it”—letting the logs do the work for you. This low-maintenance process means you can enjoy a reliable harvest season after season with minimal effort.
Log cultivation is an incredibly sustainable method of growing mushrooms. You don’t need synthetic fertilizers, artificial lights, or plastic trays—just logs and mushroom spawn. This eco-friendly approach not only provides a natural source of protein and nutrients for your meals but also benefits the broader ecosystem. Mushrooms support beneficial organisms like pollinators, wildlife, and soil microbes, while enriching your soil and improving the health of your entire garden. It’s a simple, sustainable, and rewarding way to boost your garden’s productivity and create a healthier, more resilient environment.
More on bed cultivation
"First time grower here. I bought the Wine Cap Spawn bag and within a couple weeks I'm already seeing mycelium going through out the garden. Too notch company. Everything is explained and thought our so well. North Spore for life."
-Josh
Mushroom bed cultivation is an easy and cost-effective way to grow edible mushrooms in your garden—a low-maintenance, high-reward method. This technique doesn’t require specialized equipment, just basic materials like sawdust or grain spawn, straw or wood chips, and consistent moisture. Mushroom beds are ideal for growing healthy, nutrient-dense food with little investment, and you can often harvest in the same season. Additionally, mushrooms improve your soil quality by promoting better nutrient cycling.
Simply inoculate your substrate (straw, wood chips, etc.) with mushroom spawn and layer it in a bed on the ground. This method is similar to the "lasagna gardening" technique, where you stack layers of material to create a nutrient-rich growing medium for your mushrooms. Once established, mushroom beds require minimal upkeep, needing only occasional watering. There’s no need for fancy equipment or constant monitoring—just set up the bed, and the mycelium will do the rest, fruiting over time with very little attention required.
Mushroom beds are perfect for cultivating a variety of mushrooms, such as Wine Cap, Oyster, Almond Agaricus, and Blewit. These species thrive in beds, and each has its own set of preferences for substrates and environmental conditions. Wine Cap mushrooms, for example, grow best in partial shade and are resilient to a variety of conditions, while Oyster mushrooms love straw and are known for their adaptability. Bed cultivation also makes use of shadier areas in your garden that other plants might not tolerate, turning them into productive mushroom-growing zones. By integrating mushroom beds into your garden, you can improve soil health, increase biodiversity, and enjoy a steady, sustainable food source for months to come.
More on container cultivation
"I started in buckets with holes drilled throughout. Within 17 days they were fruiting! And oh so yummy! I look forward to more flushes."
-J.R. Shute
Container growing is a fantastic, beginner-friendly method to grow mushrooms in smaller spaces, making it a great choice for urban farmers or anyone looking to start growing mushrooms at home. Whether you're using buckets, plastic bins, or other containers, mushrooms can thrive, and the process is incredibly scalable—perfect for small-scale hobbyists or larger, commercial growers. With the right materials and a little patience, you can grow a variety of mushrooms like Oyster, Lion’s Mane, and Chesnut.
A straightforward and scalable method to grow Oyster mushrooms in containers involves several steps, including preparing 5-gallon buckets, pasteurizing the straw substrate using a high-pH water bath, and inoculating the substrate with mushroom spawn. This method also allows for easy expansion as you can start with a small number of buckets and gradually scale up. The beauty of container growing lies in its simplicity and reliability, making it ideal for beginners and seasoned growers alike.
Once colonization is complete, your buckets are ready for fruiting. Choose a cool, shaded location, or set up a specialized fruiting room with high humidity for year-round growth. Container-grown mushrooms typically fruit in less than ten days, depending on conditions. After harvesting, multiple flushes can be expected, especially if you leave the substrate in a suitable environment. For those experimenting with other types of mushrooms, you can adapt this method by using hardwood chips and heat treatment, allowing for the cultivation of a wider range of species.
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