Colleagues – week 16
Most of the time I relish in being self-employed and being in full control of my agenda. No unnecessary diversions, no evaluation meetings and no disfunctioning policies to complain about. On the other hand it …
Edible Wood Farm
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Pin up logs – week 15
Every year I try something new in order to improve the results of the shii-take logs. This began after a couple of depressing years of poor results. There were always enough good logs to sell …
Tell me more… – week 14
This week the sun decided to show itself. All living things seemed to soak up the suns rays. Everywhere there was new energy and new growth, musical bird choirs and cheerful faces. It was the …
Not another hole! – weeks 12 & 13
Edible Log Farm (almost) Weekly Blog 10 holes, 100 holes, 1000 holes.??? Nope …. much more. The past couple of weeks were spent drilling numerous holes in the logs in order to inoculate them with …
Cold – week 11
Edible Log Farm Weekly Blog March and April are usually the months to inoculate the tree logs with the mycelium of the edible mushrooms. Inoculation cannot begin directly after the tree has been felled because …
Pigs – week 10
Edible Log Farm Weekly Blog On Friday afternoon I had an appointment with Farmers in the Forest Foundation about 1,5 hours away from my office. I met the three parttime farmers in a very sober …
Counting logs – week 9
Edible Log Farm Weekly Blog All the tree logs for this season are now at the Edible Log Farm. It all went surprisingly easy and quick this year. The logs for the oyster mushroom logs …
Bagpipes from boxwood – week 8
Edible Log Farm Weekly Blog Usually Thursday is one of the days that I am outdoors in the forest or at the Edible Log Farm. Last Thursday was different. This time I had signed up …
Trees on wheels – week 7
Edible Log Farm Weekly Blog “What did you do today, Mum?” asked my 17 year-old daughter at the dinner table one evening this week. My reply, “O nothing much. Just went to the forest, loaded …
Long and thin or short and fat? – week 6
Edible Log Farm Weekly Blog Every tree is different. Definitely unique. A tree is perpetually adapting to its surroundings. Sun, water, nutrients, space – all necessary ingredients resulting in growth and a specific form. Some trees …
