(Almost) No slugs!
Twee weeks ago the weather was quite dry and had been for almost 6 weeks. I had kept an eye on the humidity in the Edible Log Farm but with a dense canopy cover, a …
Edible Wood Farm
working on an edible wood farm
Boomstammen 2025
De jaarlijkse zoektocht naar geschikte bomen voor het gebruik als Eetbaar Hout is altijd een spannend maar erg leuk proces. Misschien komt dat ook omdat ik ooit bosbouw hebt gestudeerd. Het begint al voor de …
Crooked and creative logs
One of the locations that provided logs last month was at the home of a couple in the countryside. A single row of oaks marked the boundary on one side of the property and a …
Waste Wood
Surprisingly there is quite a bit of forested area in the Netherlands. Not rugged enough for a survival experience but large enough to get lost in for a day. Small woods up to the size …
Log Knotting
How do you turn a meter of a mushroom log into a sellable product? Yes, that’s right. You grab a chainsaw, cut it into predesignated lengths, tie a rope carry handle around it and finish …
Wet weather alone does not make a mushroom
Autumn is a time when you cannot avoid reading articles in the media about mushrooms. One afternoon this week I came home from a day in the forest and found an envelope from the over-the-road …
Log hunting
The season has begun. The hunt for 1200 suitable Edible Wood logs, a whole truckload full. The thing is, the logs are still growing. They are still trees. But not for long. Around this time …
