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 …
Edible Wood Farm
working on an edible wood farm
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 …
Picking Pleasure
Mushrooms everywhere! Well almost. This afternoon I found a group of brown boletes in between a number of old oaks close to my home. After quite a long period without serious rain it seems that …
Wet and Slimy
No logs to sell. Definitely not an ideal situation because the current major source of income of Groene Takken is based on selling Edible Wood. Every year there is a finite number of shii-take logs …
Communication frustration
Too little? Too fuzzy? Too technical? Getting the words right is an art form. And when the weather does not comply with the text, the instructions on the Edible Wood card become futile. Extremely wet …
To know almost nothing about everything is better than knowing almost everything about nothing
My trip to England and Scotland from 25/4 to 24/5 was mainly a holiday with a spattering of work. In general, my goal was to find out more information about oak coppicing and especially the …
No time to waste
It is still wet. The ground is so saturated that I more or less gave up the idea that the trees from “my” forest would be available on time. Action! This last month I have …
