Spring cleaning
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2018 (14) Weather Crazy weather! Instead of a mild and gentle spring with a daily temperature around 20C, most of the week was humid with the daily temperature reaching 30C in …
Weeds make the world go round
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2018 (13) Empty This week my youngest daughter started her final high school exams. For the next two weeks my agenda is conspicously empty, leaving enough room to help out in …
Time for a bath
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2018 (12) Help It is the month of May and that means that is bathtime for the shiitake logs. The outdoor temperature is warm enough for the mycelium to continue its …
Small and local
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2018 (11) Size One of the good things about an Edible Wood Farm is that it can function at almost any size, from small (starting in the first year with 30 …
Colleagues
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2018 (10) Self-employed 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 …
Pin up logs
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2018 (9) Improvements Every year I try something new in order to improve the results of the shiitake logs. This began after a couple of years with depressing poor results. Enough …
Bagpipes from boxwood
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2018 (6) Symposium Usually Thursday is one of the days that I am outdoors in the forest or at the Edible Wood Farm. Last Thursday was different. This time I had …
Trees on wheels
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2018 (5) In and out “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 …
