Learn how to grow wild and exotic, medicinally important, sustainable, and deeply delicious mushrooms right at your own home, just as people throughout the world have been doing for centuries. Grown Your Own Mushrooms—adapted from Mushroom Cultivation—offers photo-illustrated instruction both on how mushrooms grow and how you can cultivate them yourself, with a focus on six types of mushroom: shiitake, oyster, wine cap, hericium, blewit, and agaricus. You'll learn how to:
Grow mushrooms, step by step, in a variety of different mediums: logs, straw, wood chips and sawdust, and compost
Troubleshoot problems, including identification, underwatering, overwatering, and insects
Store, dry, and freeze your mushroom harvest
Cook with mushrooms, including variety-specific cooking tips and 8 tasty recipes
Find supplies and more information with the resources listed at the back of the book
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Learn how to grow wild and exotic, medicinally important, sustainable, and deeply delicious mushrooms right at your own home, just as people throughout the world have been doing for centuries.Grown Your Own Mushrooms—adapted from Mushroom Cultivation—offers photo-illustrated instruction both on how mushrooms grow and how you can cultivate them yourself, with a focus on six types of mushroom: shiitake, oyster, wine cap, hericium, blewit, and agaricus. You'll learn how to:
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