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 …
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Where is the wood?
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2022 (11) Shaken up Once the leaves begin to fall the trees begin to fall as well. Forest work begins and I begin to get edgy because it is time to …
Photo shoot
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2022 (10) Multi-mushrooms Today I picked 5 different types op mushroom from a number of inoculated logs at the Edible Wood Farm in Gaanderen. Edible of course and looking good despite …
Forest chef
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2022 (9) Animals It is well known that snails and slugs like to eat mushrooms. I have never seen deer eating mushrooms but have heard many reports about their extended dietary …
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 …
Behind the screen
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2022 (7) August 2022: Summer, the period when mushroom logs are busy not doing anything and when an Edible Wood Farmer can creep into the office and just stay there and …
Veggie garden
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2022 (6) June What can you expect to find in a vegetable garden in june? The answer is quite obvious and can also include fruit such as berries, an apple tree …
The Big Spring Mushroom Dinner
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2022 (5) May An edible mushroom dinner in May? It is no big deal buying mushrooms at the market or in the supermarket but using everyday mushrooms does not have the …
Too wet or too dry
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2022 (4) Soak moment When is the best moment to soak a shiitake log? That is one of the questions that has lingered in my subconscious for a long time. There …
Mycelium on the move
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2022 (3) Growing season Inoculation season has ended. Thank goodness. It has been a lot of hard physical work in a relatively short space of time (March – half April) and …
