{"id":1739,"date":"2013-04-29T16:12:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T21:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2013-05-01T10:38:33","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T15:38:33","slug":"mushroom-log-inoculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/mushroom-log-inoculation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mushroom Log Inoculation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/hammer-in-plugs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/hammer-in-plugs-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"hammer-in-plugs\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/hammer-in-plugs-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/hammer-in-plugs.jpg 622w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a>We will be inoculating fresh oak logs with spores of Shiitake and other mushrooms. The tree will be felled previous to the workshop, and the spores finally have arrived.*<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> May 4, Saturday, 3 pm to 5 pm (and if we are not finished, also on May 11, Saturday, 3pm to 5pm)<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> 44 Beston street (Gabor&#8217;s house)<\/p>\n<p>The process: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cutting log to manageable lengths and clean it from branches,<\/li>\n<li>Drilling holes into logs,<\/li>\n<li>Applying spores via inoculated plugs into the logs by hammering the plugs into the holes,<\/li>\n<li>Protecting the filled holes by waxing the surface,<\/li>\n<li>Placing the logs to a moist location without direct sunlight. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The logs, treated this way, will produce the first batch of mushrooms in roughly a year, and for several times a year for several years thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>Please let <a href=\"Mailto:gaborzol@gmail.com\">Gabor<\/a> know you are planning on coming: we will be using power drills and other tools, so our numbers are important for the logistics of organization.<\/p>\n<p>Workshop is free of charge. Logs for you can be arranged at cost.<\/p>\n<p>* First I tried to order plugs from &#8220;Mushroom Patch&#8221;. They did charge me but didn&#8217;t deliver. Then &#8216;Everything Mushroom&#8217; came through beautifully. In fact they have a workshop <a href=\"http:\/\/everythingmushrooms.com\/shiitake-mushroom-log-workshop-saturday-may-4th-4pm-last-of-the-season\/\">parallel to our first<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We will be inoculating fresh oak logs with spores of Shiitake and other mushrooms. The tree will be felled previous to the workshop, and the spores finally have arrived.* Time: May 4, Saturday, 3 pm to 5 pm (and if &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/mushroom-log-inoculation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reskillingworkshops"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1739"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1748,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739\/revisions\/1748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}