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Enoki log. Woodland Mushrooms

Preparing logs.On Friday 19th of November 2004 we began inoculating some of the Sycamore thinnings with edible Oyster mushroom spores. Initially we are experimenting with a small log pile that will hopefully produce, along with sales of "grow your own" kits, enough funds to set up a larger woodland mushroom project. The image on the right shows the cleaning and preparation of freshly cut logs and the tapping in of Birch dowles that carry the mushroom spawn.

Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus Ostreatus) are a delicious and sort after delicacy as well as being a very effective way of organically recycling woodland thinnings and stumps. They even digest waste paper and damaged books! - see mushrooms page

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