i have more to come in my Upcoast series, but taking a break to show you some things...
MMMMMmushrooms are a growing!! Last week i went to Seedy Sunday in town and had a blast, bought some seed exchange seeds and some mushroom bags....the below picture shows Shiitake to the left and Tree Oyster mushroom to the right.. when i first got them i forgot to take a picture... but this is mid-week...
the next picture is 2 days later... the Tree Oyster on the left and the Shiitake on the right...
the pictures below i took this morning... a week and a day past when i first bought the mushrooms...
i don't know much about them but i'm thinking that dinner might includ a few mushrooms :D .... yum yum
the guy that i bought them from had a printout on each type of mushroom so i followed the directions on each mushroom... so far so good... the Shiitake isn't as prolific as the Tree Oyster but i do see small nodes popping up so maybe they are just slower than the Tree Oyster... anyways... yummmmmy in my tummy!!
i've been planting away in my greenhouse as well... it's just not big enough so in my mind by next year i'll have a bigger one or at least another area where i can have seedlings ...
arugula and cos lettuce is just getting going... i no longer have them on the heat mats, but will cover them if the temperature drops down to freezing... my greenhouse gets pretty darn cold when the temperature drops down, so ever vigilant ...
some cress and more different varieties of lettuces...
above you can see the seedling trays are in a box.. i was fortunate to find some fish carrier boxes from a local pet store..... they were suprised that i asked for them but they make awesome seed warming boxes... i put the heat mats in the bottom, cover with a sheet of plastic to keep it dry and then the trays or plugs ... works great.. when the temp dropped to below freezing in the greenhouse, they were toasty warm at a sweating 60 plus degrees....
below u can see how my little seedlings are covered... with what you might ask? foraged goodies!! i truly am a scavenger for things.. these covers are from a friend who had to buy new furniture and these were their covers... recycle reuse i say... the fabric is very similar to reemay which is used for crop covers... anyways.. thanks Cindy....
thought i'd show you my 50cent treasures from the hospital thrift store.... there were about 20 of them ... those clips apparently are shower curtain clips, but they work great for holding up my seed covers...
and last but definately not least...... i sorted out my seed stash.. some seeds are from a few years ago, but hey if even only a few seeds sprout so be it... i've acquired a few more packages this year including a package of peanuts... something that doesn't grow here, but thought i'd give it a go in the greenhouse....
i still have a lot of things to sprout, such as spinach, leeks, cilantro and and ..... ahhhh the list goes on......
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The mushrooms look amazing and so do your seedlings. Hope it warms up soon, but it looks like you keep everything pretty warm in your green house!
thanks Sheryl... it's not that warm in there, only under the cosy covers ... am going to sample some mushrooms for dinner.. yum!!
You have a nice start on your garden. I am amazed at the mushrooms.
so .. those mushrooms look so good. Exactly how do you continue to produce them in plastic bags? Or do you place spores on wooden logs drilled with holes? Also .. I thank you for the pics of how you are keeping your seedlings warm at night; I have access to a greenhouse and was trying to devise a plan .. was even thinking of stashing some jugs of water in there to warm up during the day and hopefully keep the temp above freezing at night.
Those mushrooms look sooo good right now. Let me know if you cannot use them all....
thanks Out on the prairie, i'm amazed too!!
Mrs. Mac they do look good, but i really wasn't sure how to go from there, i split the bags and loosely put a bigger bag over top.. as for the greenhouse, i'm fortunate enough to have found those fish boxes, which have definately helped keep the plants warmer inside... i think if you painted or covered the jugs with a dark paint or fabric it would assist in collecting more heat to be dispersed at night...
Geno... mmmm mushroomy goodness.. my next post will be about what i'm going to do or are doing with the excess mushrooms..
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