Last weekend was sunny, warm, and perfect to tackle a tedious project. Jason, along with a wonderful couple who are actively participating in this year's farmshare, planted a variety of Shiitake mushroom spawn including Double Jewel and WR46 into oak logs. It was a seemingly never ending drill a hole, hammer in a spawn dowel, and seal the dowel in with wax. Good conversation, frolicking children and dogs, and an ample lunch of roasted chicken made the day more fun than work. You can see in the picture below the small circles- those are the dowel containing the mushroom spawn. These will sit on a pallet for a few weeks and then be soaked in a wet environment- that's when the real magic happens. If the spawn gets the message that the environment is right- they will fruit. And when they fruit- we get mushrooms. Hopefully!
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