Mushroom Time

If it's the first weekend in May, it must be time for mushroom plugging.
Every year Mr. And Mrs. T have a get together at their farm. Mrs. T calls it a party, the rest of us call it work.

The photos show some of the process that goes into getting shiitake mushrooms to grow. First fresh hardwood logs are cut to about 2 feet long. Then Mr. T drills many 3/4" holes in the logs.


The logs then go to the stuffing table where the
workers have to take the sawdust/mushroom
spore mixture and stuff it in the holes of the logs.
This is very hard on the fingers and thumbs after
a while.














Then it is off to the waxing table. All of the stuffed holes now get a coat of wax to seal them.
The logs are then placed in the woods and nature does the rest. If we have a wet year we get a lot of mushrooms sprouting from the loaded logs, a dry year is not as good.
It is truly luxurious to be able to harvest fresh shiitake mushrooms in the morning and add them to the scrambled eggs. Thank you Mr. and Mrs. T.