Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2023 (3)
Incoculators
Every year in March and April interested people can help with inoculating the newly harvested logs at one of the Edible Wood Farms. Every inoculation session is built up of a small number of people with a mish mash of ages, backgrounds and reasons for helping out. Most of the participants are Dutch (not surprisingly) and come from all over the country. Some people come from further away such as Belgium and this year other international guests came originally from Israel, UK and Romania.
Tasks
Every year in March and April interested people can help with inoculating the newly harvested logs at one of the Edible Wood Farms. Every inoculation session is built up of a small number of people with a mish mash of ages, backgrounds and reasons for helping out. Most of the participants are Dutch (not surprisingly) and come from all over the country. Some people come from further away such as Belgium and this year other international guests came originally from Israel, UK and Romania.
Results
At the location in Nunspeet last week we were treated with a day full of sun and warmth, just right for timmering away at the waters edge. In the background the kingfisher fleetingly flashed his colours and other newly arrived (water)birds kept us entertained with their whistles and warbles. After a couple of intense working hours, everyone was able to inoculate their own “thank you shiitake log” and return home full of new experiences and (hopefully) with a satisfying feeling of a job well done. For me this is a good way of sharing the workload and introducing interested people to the world of Edible Wood.
