Comments on: The winter harvest

By: Tamar

Tamar — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:32:58 +0000

Chez Us — You need to do this. You do a zillion things that are way harder to do than grow mushrooms! Anyone who can make macarons with one hand tied behind her back can grow shiitakes on a log.

Jacqueline — Welcome! Denise told me about you, and I’m delighted you dropped by. And funny you should ask about the dehydrator. It’s been on my list for ages. I keep hoping to find one at an estate sale (we go to a lot of those), but if I don’t find one by the fall I may have to bite the bullet and buy one. In the meantime, I’ll do my very best to keep you entertained.

Mike — Shiitakes are firm-fleshed, mild mushrooms. You can put them in anything. If you like morels and shaggy manes, you’ll definitely like shiitakes. If you have access to some oak logs, I can’t think of a better use for them.

Susan — Ah, Dr. Zizmor. Of all the things I miss about New York, who knew it would be the dermatologist who advertises on the subway? I really appreciate your comments — they’re excellent reminders that the city is still there, and I can visit it any time I want.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:51:45 +0000

Tamar! Congrats on the shrooms. First thing I thought, though, was that they sort of look like a “before and after” ad for dr zizmor…

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:22:53 +0000

We are able to pick many morels and the occasional shaggy mane in the spring but as for growing our own we have only thought about it. I have never had a shiitake mushroom but they do look to be quite tasty. It’s pretty neat that your shiitake farm is providing you with samplers before the main harvest.:)

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:18:15 +0000

Tamar: Denise of ChezUs just pointed me in this direction. I believe she said you met in Healdsburg…? Anyway, those two little mushrooms would be great for stock then you could really stretch them. Do you have a dehydrator or a dehydrating cycle on your oven?

I’m nearly teary over your Baldie autopsy, well, not really. The autopsy was fascinating, I was empathizing with the worry over the “what ifs”. I am straight up city girl at the moment not even a roof deck or strip of lawn for gardening or chickens. I get by with pots of flowers and herbs on the fire escape.

I’m thrilled to find your blog and will surely be cursing Denise soon. I can see it now, reading about mice and chickens and bees while deadlines go whooshing by…

Keep up the great work – I’ll go thank Denise while I’m still in a charitable mood.

Jacqueline

By: Chez Us

Chez Us — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:31:07 +0000

LOVE it. Every time I walk past the funghi shop at the ferry plaza, I stop and think about trying my hand at growing mushrooms. Now, that I actually know someone doing it, I may have to try – even if I only get one, I would be happy!