Be inspired to start your gourmet mushroom growing with this entertaining and informative short course

 

From Texas to Minnesota, Maryland to California, temperate Canada, Europe, and beyond... this course will inspire you to begin your outdoor gourmet mushroom growing experience.

 
40 minutes total, with each session less than eight minutes. You can be on your Fungi journey in less than an hour, or over a week of coffees.
 
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What's Included In The Course...

SESSION 1

A Short Sweet Hello & Welcome

 

SESSION 2

Selecting Wood & Timing

Learn valuable insights, including:

  • How to select the best mushroom logs for oyster & shittake
  • When to cut logs
  • Resource chart for best tree & mushroom pairs
  • Paul Stamets is a Fungi God!

You’ll finish this session with confidence in knowing where to start when growing your own mushrooms.

SESSION 3

Sourcing Mushroom Supplies

Learn valuable insights, including:

  • Plug Spawn for Logs
  • Ninja Japanese Mushroom Drill Bit
  • Wax & Tags
  • Oyster & Shiitake Strain Charts

You’ll finish this session with savvy on what you'll need to grow your mushrooms on logs.

SESSION 4

Inoculating, Waxing & Tagging

Learn valuable insights, including:

  • How to inoculate your logs
  • How to seal plugs with wax
  • Tag your log!

You’ll finish this session with the knowledge of how to properly inoculate, seal, and tag your mushroom logs.

SESSION 5

Placement & Care

Learn valuable insights, including:

  • Where to best store your mushroom logs
  • Ideal conditions for log placement
  • Mushroom Log Care Doc

You’ll finish this session with the right know-how to create a thriving environment for your mushroom logs.

SESSION 6

Harvest, Use, & Storage

Learn valuable insights, including:

  • Best harvesting practices
  • Recipes 
  • How to best store your harvest

You’ll finish this session with the understanding of how to utilize your mushroom bounty.

SESSION 7

Wine Caps on Wood Chips

Learn valuable insights, including:

  • Introduction to Wine Cap Mushrooms
  • Best practices
  • Ways to create patches in your landscape with wood chips

You’ll finish this session with a deeper understanding what Wine Cap Mushrooms are and how to best cultivate them.

NICE TO MEET YOU

I'm Michael Judd

An avid fruit and mushroom grower with over 25 years of growing experience, a Master Gardener Trainer who has led hundreds of successful projects and workshops, authored two popular edible landscaping books, and presented for notable institutions such as the US Botanical Garden, The Smithsonian, and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. As a recognized leader in the field of Edible Landscaping, Michael brings practical hands-on learning for all stages of experience and interests.

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Growing Gourmet Mushrooms Online Mini Course

What you'll get:
  • 7 Course Session (approx. 2 - 8 mins)
  • Outdoor Mushroom Chapter from Edible Landscaping With A Permaculture Twist
  • Downloadable educational resources
  • All lessons are available on demand - learn at your own pace!

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$47

On-demand sessions!

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