• Food Forest,  Permaculture

    Shiitake Mushroom Logs Available

    I want shiitakes! Click to get your logs. Over the past 7 years, it has been fun and rewarding from late winter to early spring to utilize small diameter oak logs from the forest for shiitake mushroom logs. There is something deeply satisfying about turning wood into a most delicious and nutritious form of protein. This year I completed a Forest Stand Improvement through the Conservation Stewardship Program via the NRCS. This included reducing the forest stand density quite a bit over the 15 forested acres that constitute Mountain Jewel land project. Because of this, I have a lot of trees to utilize for mushroom logs! So this season, I…

  • Education

    Mushroom Log Cultivation Workshop

    Purchase tickets here! Come join us for an immersive afternoon learning how to transform trees into high quality, gourmet and medicinal mushrooms. We will get hands on with the entire process from tree selection to inoculation and stacking. You will learn the context, skills and tools you’ll need to engage in this life giving activity to produce high value mushrooms. We’ll be working with shiitake and lion’s mane spawn and learning totem and log inoculation. You will also get to take home an inoculated log.  12 spots available. $50 per person. Purchase tickets here. RSVP to reserve your spot, email ozarkmountainjewel (at) gmail (dot) com. Workshop takes place at Mountain…