This past weekend we hooked up the camper trailer and headed for Berea, Kentucky where we attended an absolutely wonderful workshop on gourmet mushroom cultivation. The weather was basically cooperative although a little more sunshine would have been nice. This Georgia girl likes warm sunny weather. We enjoyed the changing foliage of fall and the vistas from the mountain tops. We arrived at Forest Retreats outside of Berea and were delightfully surprised by the beautiful log cabin and organic gardens. Good food was served for brunch. We were educationally entertained on all things organic including tasty mushroom recipes as well as the rudiments of inoculating logs with shiitake spawn. We observed Tim's log "field" throughout the surrounding forest hills and learned quite a bit about other mushrooms and their required environments for growth. We are looking forward to cutting our own logs for Shiitake and Oyster mushroom inoculation in the coming weeks.