We are growing two different kinds of mushrooms this year. This post will show how we did our compost mushrooms. The real name for them is Wine Cap, which is a burgundy colored button mushroom. They need to go in a shady place that can hold a lot of moisture. We thought a good spot would be next to the barn and silo.
When we cleaned out the chicken coop, we put a few wheel barrel loads into the space. Mushrooms love nitrogen and chicken manure is loaded with it.
After spreading the chicken manure, we added straw.
We spread one bale as the bottom layer. We didn't want to put the mushroom spawn directly on the chicken manure since the nitrogen concentration is probably way too high. We want the mushrooms to tap into the nitrogen over time.
Then we spread out the mushroom spawn on top of the straw.
Then we topped it off with more straw and watered it.
We will give updates on how they grow! We should hopefully have mushrooms by the end of summer!
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