Spots and spores
For the last few years the webshop has been the financial backbone of Groene Takken. Lots of bulky and often very heavy packages containing Edible Wood have made their way all over the country and …
Edible Wood Farm
working on an edible wood farm
Internship
Working with Edible Wood is a slow process. It takes two years for shii-take logs from the moment that the trees are felled to produce suitable logs. Oyster mushroom logs are a little quicker because …
Mushroom dates
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. But… the appearance of mushrooms is more predictable …
Clash of the Giants: garden giant vs giant slug
“Helppppp! My mushroom! It is disappearing into a big fat giant slug!“ This particular slug probably had a circus background and was either very hungry and/or had a taste for delicatessen products. Hats off to …
Garden Giant on tour
Each year the weather is different. And that can be experienced in the vegetable garden. Last year the oyster mushroom logs were especially exuberent. This year the garden giant or wine cap mushrooms “stropharia rugoannulata” …
Food Forest fables – harvesting
And now it is time for a personal viewpoint. Not because there isn’t anything else to write about but because I see too many people being misled by their ideas of the current food forest …
Solar logs
The last few years solar panels in fields have been popping up everywhere. Former agricultural land has been turned into the basis for energy production instead of being used for growing crops. Increased shade has …
Internal network
Communicating with oneself is, not surprisingly, totally different to communicating with someone else. Although the language is the same, expression and meaning is adjusted according to the recipient. When making a request, giving an order …
Edible Wood Farm Work Days
Every year in March and April interested people can help with inoculating the newly harvested logs at one of the Edible Wood Farms. Every inoculation session is built up of a small number of people …
Hanging Mushrooms
Snails and slugs are very useful creatures but are not usually welcome in a vegetable garden. They can travel at about one meter per hour and have exceptional smelling senses. When the wine-capped stropharia mushrooms …
