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Blewitt Mushrooms for the Adventurous Gardener

May 18, 2010

The rain and cooler temperatures made Blewitt Mushrooms the only crop to plant in the garden this week. If you’ve watched my shiitake log inoculation video or read any of the entries on cultivating edible fungi you know that I’m into growing gourmet mushrooms, and today it’s time to add another one to the list. [...]

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Growing Gourmet Mushrooms

February 19, 2006

Growing gourmet mushrooms is an interesting gardening project that can provide you with numerous harvests containing more delicious gourmet mushrooms than you’ll be able to eat. Previous entries discussed growing mushroom kits and also looked at the alternative of growing mushrooms outdoors. Today I’ll provide more details for growing gourmet mushrooms in the backyard garden. Selecting Hardwood [...]

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Outdoor Mushroom Growing

February 8, 2006

Outdoor Mushroom Growing is more of a challenge than using an indoor mushroom kit, but if you have the resources and a little patience they are worth the extra effort involved. Inoculating hardwood logs with mushroom spawn will provide benefits that you can only achieve by growing the mushrooms outdoors. Advantages of Growing Mushrooms on Logs [...]

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Indoor Mushroom Growing

February 7, 2006

Growing a Mushroom Kit is a simple indoor gardening project that you can enjoy at any time of the year. Edible mushroom kits are growing more and more popular and can be obtained through various Internet or mail order sources. Using Gourmet Mushroom Kits Gourmet mushroom growing kits usually consist of a 12 by 12 [...]

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