Winter Mushrooms and Home Cultivation
January and February are not known for their abundance of wild mushroom choices, but there are still some out there. Discounting our snow covered Cascade Range and other frozen areas;...
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Winterizing Gardens While Encourage Mushroom Growth
Every fall Sandy and I start removing vegetable plants from our raised garden beds that have run their course or have been damaged by cold temperatures. We’ve also encountered years...
CMS Meeting – November 2024
The story of plant and animal domestication is vast, but Charlie Bruder’s interest is unparalleled. In this talk, Charlie will cover a basic history of edible plant and animal domestication,...
Many Mushroom Experiments
Over the last several years I may have gone a little overboard with inoculating every log Sandy and I found with some species of mushroom. The list of species included...
Ringing in the 2023 Mushroom Season
As January ushers in the new year, Oregon’s wild fruiting mushrooms quickly dwindle down to a handful of sought-after edibles. Two of the most commonly picked during these colder months...
Another type of Chestnut
Last spring I wrote an article about how outdoor mushroom cultivation in your own backyard can help bridge the gap when there is low availability of wild mushrooms. I have experimented...