Thousands of holes
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2026 (3) And ….. that was log number 59. Time to call it quits. After a day of drilling an average of 60 holes per oak log, it was not difficult …
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My car is filled with fungi
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2026 (2) Inoculation season is about to start. March the first, Inoculation Day. No inoculation without plugs. Last Wednesday I went on a plug tour and returned with 100,000 pre-ordered spawn …
Log supply
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2026 (1) Every year it is a challenge to find enough suitable logs to turn into Edible Wood. About 20 m3 European oak with a diameter between 8 – 18 cm …
Mushroom overload
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2025 (6) Soaking Week 20 is a magical datum. It is the first week of the year that the shiitake logs can take a bath. Both sorts of logs, summer and …
Wet weather alone does not make a mushroom
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2024 (9) Media 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 …
Mushroom dates
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2023 (9) Right conditons Mysterious? Yes, mushrooms can suddenly pop up, grow quickly, look amazing and then turn to mush within a few days. Random seems to be their family motto. …
Logs galore
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2023 (1) Work Last week two hired tree workers went to work in my designated coppice forest plot of 8 x 100 m. Innumerable oak coppice stumps with their many thin …
It’s raining mushrooms
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2022 (8) Hot and cold August was dry and hot. September began cool and wet. The sharp distinction between these weather types was a signal for many fungi to get on …
