Learn to grow mushrooms at home, without any fancy or expensive equipment. Build your own oyster mushroom grow kit and shiitake log to take home in this hands-on workshop with biologist Jessica Wolf.
=0D=0A=Workshops topics include:
*Easy techniques for propagating mushrooms that you find in the wild, on the grocery store shelf, or from kits you purchase “ready to go” from suppliers
*An overview of a mushroom life cycle, habitat and ecology and how this applies to cultivating them.
=0D=0A=*The importance of correct mushroom identification so you don’t make poisonous mistakes
=0D=0A=*Types of edible and medicinal mushrooms and what to grow them on; trees species, wood chips, garden beds, straw etc.
=0D=0A=Cost: $75 per person, which includes a shiitake and oyster mushroom log to take home (valued at $20 each).
=0D=0A=This half day workshop is offered on two dates; Sat Apr 28 or Sun Apr 29 in Errington, (15 minutes from Parksville) on Vancouver Island. Advanced registration is required and limited to 16. **April dates are almost full. A tentative date of Sat May 5th has been added pending interest.
=0D=0A=To register visit www.jessicawolf.ca
=0D=0A=Note: This workshop is geared to the beginner mushroom grower. We will NOT be covering advanced sterile techniques.
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