This demonstrates how pearl oyster mushroom was growing from a kit in 27 days. We placed a mushroom spawn block in a shallow-filled tank to simulate high humidity environment. However, mold was ...

Unlike most farmers, Jack Galvin has little concern for late frosts, persistent droughts or sudden hailstorms. He harvests 365 days a year, rain or shine. His primary concern is creating a contaminant ...

There isn't much going on in most kitchen gardens at this time of year, but there's one item you can produce all winter long. Satisfy your cravings for homegrown produce with an indoor mushroom kit.

These oyster mushrooms will continue to produce “crops” of mushrooms over the next few years, if the logs are kept moist. Fresh tomatoes, healthy green beans, sweet potatoes — these are all good ...

Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) – which have nothing to do with oysters besides their similar shape – are some of the most delicate, subtlety flavored, and easiest to prepare mushrooms of the ...

If you love mushrooms, growing your own doesn't have to be a hassle. You can buy a kit like the kind we've featured, or try growing them in your fridge, but this method uses an old laundry basket and ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small ...

As an avid gardener and (very) amateur cook, learning how to grow edible mushrooms at home seemed like a no-brainer. Little did I know how little I knew. I ordered fungi guru Paul Stamets’ definitive ...

When Steve Shapson attended a mushroom growing seminar about 15 years ago, he learned that with a high-speed drill, some pasteurized sawdust inoculated with mushroom spawn, and a few logs he could ...