You can inoculate shiitake logs in the fall (and even throughout winter if you live in a temperate climate), as long as the mycelium has a few weeks to establish before the first hard freeze in your area. Growing shiitake mushrooms on logs is an excellent entry point for beginners, and once you’re comfortable with the process, you can scale up or experiment with other mushroom species. Lou harvested over 10 pounds of shiitakes from our logs here at North Spore - good thing we have lots of friend

We sure are seeing a lot of wine caps - and we love it - but something we aren’t seeing is more research on this popular crop. In case you didn’t know, North Spore has a Research Partner’s Program where we collaborate with folks who are motivated to do serious research in the world of mycology. If you’d like to study companion planting wine caps with vegetables, explore their nutritional / medicinal properties, community engagement through gardening, etc., please check out our program and we wil