Growing mushrooms in your backyard or garden is an easy way to produce your own food and add beneficial mycelium to your soil. In this session, Zach Seaborne will cover two different techniques for bed cultivation: wood chips and compost. Participants will learn which mushrooms are applicable for each technique, as well as site selection, substrate preparation, and when and how to inoculate. Mushroom beds are easy to create, approachable for all ages, and good for your environment.
*Fee: $37.50 (includes tax). Space is limited.
Please dress appropriately (including footware) for the weather and for working outdoors. Participants will be walking from the barn to the outdoor site (approximately 1000 ft). Gardening or work gloves are suggested.
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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Zach is a lifelong Madisonian dedicated to strengthening community health and local food systems. Zach's mycophilia began with a love of foraging and has grown into a passion for the healing power of fungi, both for our bodies and the environments we inhabit. Zach is a former worker/member at the Community Pharmacy Cooperative where they focused on medicinal mushroom products and is also an experienced grower of gourmet mushrooms for the Madison area.