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Introduction Incorporating mushrooms along the edges of your compost pile or in your beds is a simple and great way to increase diversity. Of the saprophytic mushroom species, many are secondary decomposers that thrive in conditions of already partially broken down...

Inoculating a mushroom log with plugs

Introduction Inoculating logs with species that are generally primary decomposers such as Shiitake, Reishi, Lion’s mane, Turkey Tail or Oyster Mushrooms, is a relatively low maintenance way of incorporating edible fungi into your backyard or wood lot. Logs are slow to...

Beds

Introduction Incorporating mushroom beds into your garden is a perfect opportunity to be creative and experiment a little! There are many different locations to make beds such as pathways, around the base of trees, in vegetable or perenial beds etc. and different...

Making log stacks

Introduction Building a stack is a faster and easier method of growing mushrooms on logs and is well suited for several species including oyster mushrooms. Essentially, the method involves creating a ‘layer cake’ of short sections of a log stacked vertically on top of...

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