Book: Farming the Woods
Title:
Farming the Woods: An Integrated Permaculture Approach to Growing Food and Medicinals in Temperate Forests
Author:
Ken Mudge and Steve Gabriel
Review:
This book has some great ideas for:
- Outdoor mushroom growing
Notes:
Chapter 5 outlines ideas for mushroom cultivation in temperate forests. The authors include shiitake, lion’s mane, oyster varieties and king stropharia. The book also highlights statistics (in the USA) for existing mushroom cultivation. It is clear and straight forward for the amount of labour required and the potential income. Overall, we recommend this book.