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…