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 …
Meewerkdagen 2023 – een verslag
Vrijdag 3 maart 2023 Eindelijk enten! Ieder jaar zijn er een heleboel mensen nodig om de ruim 1200 stammen op tijd te enten. Dit jaar waren er een aantal korte dagen gepland naast de ochtend- …
Dood hout als langdurige voedselbron
Dat dode boomstammen een belangrijke bron zijn van biodiversiteit wisten we al. Maar wat het betekent voor de rijkdom aan schimmels is nu onderzocht door leerstoelgroep Bosecologie en Bosbeheer van de WUR (Wageningen University & …
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 …
