In the last issue of Fermenting Solutions, I mentioned that trying to keep my mycology grow room warm was becoming an issue. Each month, the arrival of my electric bills was starting to induce sticker shock. When I decided to have a year round mushroom growing setup it was only natural to put it in the warmest room in my house. My indoor gardening setup was already there. So why not add mushrooms? The increase in costs to maintain the temperature was making it obvious that this wasn't go...

In the last issue of Fermenting Solutions, I mentioned that trying to keep my mycology grow room warm was becoming an issue. Each month, the arrival of my electric bills was starting to induce sticker shock. When I decided to have a year round mushroom growing setup it was only natural to put it in the warmest room in my house. My indoor gardening setup was already there. So why not add mushrooms? The increase in costs to maintain the temperature was making it obvious that this wasn't go...

My email newsletter is entitled Fermenting Solutions. It started years ago as an effort to 'dog food' AWeber's Curate mobile app. It's a semi regular chronicle of a current project that I'm spending time on... the trials, tribulations and the interesting beverages I've had to drink while trying to work through them. You can read past issues here. If you're interested in getting all new issues in your inbox, you can also sign up at the above link.

My email newsletter is entitled Fermenting Solutions. It started years ago as an effort to 'dog food' AWeber's Curate mobile app. It's a semi regular chronicle of a current project that I'm spending time on... the trials, tribulations and the interesting beverages I've had to drink while trying to work through them. You can read past issues here. If you're interested in getting all new issues in your inbox, you can also sign up at the above link.

Hügelkultur in Pennsylvania: Nature's Raised BedYears ago, hurricane Sandy turned my forested property into an open meadow with massive rotting tree stumps everywhere. The trees on my property that used to provide shade and beauty, now produced a steady supply of fallen branches, logs, and leaves. Since I had already been slowly 'rewilding' my lawn area, it seemed only natural to consider a gardening technique that turned this "debris" into a gold mine of fertility: Hügelkultur...

Hügelkultur in Pennsylvania: Nature's Raised BedYears ago, hurricane Sandy turned my forested property into an open meadow with massive rotting tree stumps everywhere. The trees on my property that used to provide shade and beauty, now produced a steady supply of fallen branches, logs, and leaves. Since I had already been slowly 'rewilding' my lawn area, it seemed only natural to consider a gardening technique that turned this "debris" into a gold mine of fertility: Hügelkultur...

Most people who grow oyster mushrooms do so on a straw based substrate. This always seemed odd to me. Oyster mushrooms naturally grow on hard woods. In addition to this, making straw reasonably sterile for growing purposes is really annoying. I was surprised that there weren't more instructionals on using hardwood fuel pellets for growing oyster mushrooms. With the advent of pellet stoves and pellet grills, the availability of a wide variety of hardwoods in this format has grown exponent...

Most people who grow oyster mushrooms do so on a straw based substrate. This always seemed odd to me. Oyster mushrooms naturally grow on hard woods. In addition to this, making straw reasonably sterile for growing purposes is really annoying. I was surprised that there weren't more instructionals on using hardwood fuel pellets for growing oyster mushrooms. With the advent of pellet stoves and pellet grills, the availability of a wide variety of hardwoods in this format has grown exponent...