Enjoying Shiitake

We have new babies popping up all over the place and growing fast.  These are our favorite eating mushroom above all others.  We're also waiting for a shipment of grain spawn to come so we can inoculate more sawdust substrate.  Pretty soon we should have about 50 more bags incubating.

We've had a slow start on Kickstarter.com but are so grateful to the people who have shown their support for Shiitake Village.  Some have donated with personal checks so, wow, many thanks. I am humbled by your generosity.

Dinner with Shiitake:

I sautéed the shiitake in olive oil with garlic, onion and a dash of worcestershire sauce.

Shiitake pinning

Our Shiitake blocks are pinning and in the grow environment.  We have Shiitake in bags as well and hope we have more Shiitake in another 2 weeks. It is getting harder to keep three environments going in the house, so for those of you who are supporting our efforts for a grow house, Thank You.  We also  got an email today from Kickstarter hailing us as a Kickstarter Staff Pick.  Vic did a super job on the video so

Kudos go to him.

Expanding Shiitake Village

We have the market for our mushrooms, and our bedrooms just aren't big enough anymore.    I guess it's  time to think about building a green house.  We have decided to try to raise the money through Kickstarter, a site where people can present their projects and hopefully raise the money they need.  We thought it was worth a try.  Go to Kickstarter.com and browse the projects.  It's a great concept.  Our project will be launched soon, so keep an eye out for it next week.

Shiitake - new strains

We're trying a new strain of Shiitake that all the mushroom people are raving about, and seeing great results.  In a couple months we should have pounds of shiitake.  Took a look at our logs we inoculated in November and the mycelium are showing themselves.  We're hoping when the weather gets cool again this fall we will see shiitake on our logs - the Shiitake Village I envisioned.