“Mycelium on the move” – week 17 2022
Inoculation season has ended. Thank goodness. It has been a lot of hard physical work in a relatively short space of time (March – half April) and it has to …
Categorie: Edible Wood Farm
working on an edible wood farm
“Leaves or slugs? ” – week 13 2022
“Oeeee! There is another one. That is early in the season.” They are here already. And active. Small, squishy and hungry. Slugs and snails. But especially slugs. The outdoor temperature …
“GROWING PAINS” WEEK 9-2022
And here we are again. At last. After failing twice in trying to work out how to handle behind-the-screen lay-out changes by myself it is nice to be able to …
“Autumn inoculation” week 46
Oyster mushroom in willow, nameko in oak and black poplar mushroom in poplar: just a few of the mushroom species that were inoculated this week. The logs were the leftovers …
“Learning” week 43
Autumn is a busy time of the year. Not only because the logs are productive but also because mushrooms are in the heads and hands of the general public. This …
“SUPRISE” Week 39
Cold nights, warm days. Morning dew and blue sky at midday. Mushroom weather. After a week of trunching around the mountains of Norway with my student son, I travelled expectantly …
“Competition” Week 35
This year could be called “The Year of the Slugs”. There are so many of them. My colleague in Gaanderen has already caught 2000 slugs the past month in her …
“Mycelium” WEEK 30
Wet, wet, wet and sometimes dry. What a difference compared to last year. Fortunately, it is not as hot and the temperature is more or less normal. The sprinkler has …
“Gone” week 25
Last week I had an easy week because I was stranded at home. My van had broken down on Friday (wk 24) and it took a whole week to get …
“New project” week 21
Last Thursday I was asked by Heleen Eshuis to support the start of her project “Bosnodig” (Forest Need). Her Foundation wants to turn several hectares of agricultural pasture into a …