Category: Gardening
- Planting Our First Wine Cap Mushroom Bed
We have been wanting to try growing mushrooms on the farm for a while now, and this week we finally got a wine cap bed in the ground. Wine caps (Stropharia rugosoannulata) are one of the easiest mushrooms to grow outdoors, and they thrive on the kind of woody, organic material we have plenty of around here.
- Starting Seedlings: From Seed Tray to Garden Ready
Every year around late winter, the farm starts to come alive again indoors. Long before the last frost, we are already filling trays with seed starting mix, labeling varieties, and watching for the first tiny sprouts to push through. Starting seedlings from seed is one of the most rewarding parts of the growing season, and over the years we have learned a few things that make all the difference.
