Growing mushrooms – a quiet world full of life
I love mushrooms not only because they taste good, but because they are so unusual.
They live in a world of their own, developing quietly under soil, inside decaying wood, or among bundles of straw that seem to have lost their value. Some species like darkness while they grow, but need light to form fruiting bodies. Some appear only after rain, while others make you wait for months. The more I learn, the more mushrooms feel like a secret nature has never fully finished telling.
Notes from moving mushroom spawn onto straw substrate, incubating it in buckets, bottles, and freezer bags, then waiting for the first oyster mushroom clusters.
Notes from my first attempt to buy mushroom spawn in Germany, then propagate it on corn kernels for future growing batches.
🌿 Today, look up at the sky more than at the screen.
Take one very slow breath.
Every seed needs time to sprout.
Every journey begins with one very small step.
Thank you for spending a little time walking through this garden.