Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2020 (14)
Last mushrooms
Autumn was long this year. Warm temperatures during the day with an occasional cold night had triggered the shiitake logs into continuous production. In previous years the production usually slowed down to a halt around the second week of november. Late last week I picked the last remaining shiitake mushrooms from a handful of enthousiastic logs. The majority of the logs have now settled down into their winter slumber and just look like any other unimportant log in the forest.
Hectic
In contrast to the peace in the forest, my current life out of the forest is anything but peaceful. The webshop is running overtime and I have never had so much interest in Edible Wood and other related products. The corona crisis has probably played a role in giving people more time to try out new (garden) products and to focus on health issues. Several small-scale (corona proof) activities were fully booked in no time at all and lots of people have expressed their interest in helping out in the forest when the time is ripe. Fortunately there was just enough time in November to make a small film in English for an international online agroforestry symposium next year. No shortage of interest!
