Learn how to grow wild and exotic mushrooms at home, much like people throughout the world have done for years. These mushrooms are medicinally significant, sustainable, and incredibly delicious.
Mushrooms are nutritious, full of vitamins and antioxidants, flavorful, and a great source of umami, the fifth flavor. They can also be used medicinally in teas and tinctures. Growing your own allows you to take advantage of these advantages as well as improve soil quality, hasten the composting process, and even control weed growth. However, the most alluring aspect may be the wonder of witnessing this unusual form of life develop.
To properly produce mushrooms, it is essential to understand how they grow. The book Mushroom Field Guide provides steps on how to grow six different varieties of mushrooms, including shiitake, oyster, wine cap, hericium, blewit, and agaricus. You will
. Step-by-step instructions for growing mushrooms in a variety of substrates, including logs, straw, wood chips, and sawdust
. Diagnose issues like as identification, underwatering, overwatering, and insects.
. Your mushroom crop should be stored, dried, and frozen.
You'll learn from reading Mushroom field guide that cultivating a mushroom is actually no more challenging than growing a tomato. Just a little different set of abilities are required.
With the help of this thorough, step-by-step guide, you can pick your own fresh mushrooms at the height of their flavor and nutritional value.
Andrew M. Davis is pastor of First Baptist Church of Durham, North Carolina, and a visiting professor of church history at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Chairman of the governance committee of the Gospel Coalition, Davis has written articles for TGC's popular website and has spoken in plenary and breakout sessions at TGC's national conference. He is the author of An Infinite Journey, named by Tim Challies as one of the top ten books of 2014.