For those of you who don't know I now volunteer/intern with Shady Oaks Organics in MA growing organic oyster and shiitake mushrooms. They're grown in a greenhouse that's in a warehouse in the industrial park and are out of this world. The whole process has a lot of intricacies that I am slowly beginning to learn but I definitely know the basics now. All of our mushrooms are grown on pasteurized straw in big plastic bags. We add some spawn that comes bagged in organic rye berries and 3 weeks later there are mushrooms!
I helped out with my first farmer's market last weekend and am participating in 2 this weekend. It's great to see people's reaction to these unique and yummy mushrooms. I took my first batch home recently and made a yummy vegetable soup as well as added them to some Philly cheesesteaks.
Everyone is really nice and I love the opportunity to learn something new while I'm waiting to move to Martha's Vineyard. In a couple of weeks I'll be headed to Indianapolis for a 5 day stay involving anniversary and valentines day celebrations. I can't believe how fast the past year has flown by!
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