Many of us would like to grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs in our gardens. Have you thought about the possibility that you could grow mushrooms as well? Growing mushrooms at home is seen as a more specialized pursuit. If you are interested in growing your own food, it will be easier than you think.
There is a lot to learn to become proficient in any type of gardening or food production. Even beginners should be able to cultivate some mushrooms in their homes or gardens if they have a shady spot.
In this article, we won’t go into much detail about the different mushrooms that you can grow, nor about how to grow them. We will take a quick look at some mushroom-growing ideas, to inspire you to look into things further and determine how and where to cultivate mushrooms in your garden.
A low-maintenance way to grow mushrooms in your garden is to inoculate mulch around trees and shrubs. Adding mushrooms or mycelium to the mulch around trees and shrubs in a damp and shady area is called inoculating mulch.
Depending on where you live, there are many mushroom species to consider. You will need to make sure that you can identify these, as other mushrooms can also emerge.
Some mushrooms are grown on logs, which have been drilled and inoculated with the right varieties.
These logs can be used in garden landscaping to create supporting walls, bed edging, or terracing.
They can be placed behind a garden shed or in a dark corner of your outdoor space.
No other species of fungi can grow under cover in sterile environments. This can be done on a range of scales.
Mushroom kits can be used to grow in small spaces inside your home. There are a lot of kits to choose from.
You can grow in small buckets or other containers, or in small trays filled with a suitable substrate. Even if you don’t have a garden, you should be able to grow mushrooms if you have the right conditions.
If you have more space, you could turn over a shed to mushroom cultivate or create a shade tunnel.
The perfect environment to grow certain mushroom varieties could be created with the help of any garden structure.
There is a place to keep mushroom logs, as well as small-scale containers in which mushrooms are grown, and trays of substrate for staging.
Another idea is to make use of the space below the raised porch. These shady spots can be spread with mulch or used to store containers for mushroom-growing. A trapdoor in the deck or porch would allow you to access your harvest.
Kids’ trampolines and other equipment lead to wasted space below, and these spaces could potentially be used to grow mushrooms for your family, as long as they’re not at risk of getting squished by jumping children!
There is a lot to learn about mushrooms, how to grow them, and how to eat them. The above ideas might make you think about how you could include fungi in your garden plans and make them a part of your diet.