Instructor: Jim Watkins
Ages: 12 & up
Location: 101 West Rodney French Blvd NB - Studio 260
Format: 1 1/2 hour workshop
Date: Thursday, April 23rd
Time: 6:30 to 8:00
Fee: $55 ~ Materials included. Includes one 12x8x8 spored block, handouts, use of tools/spritzers etc. - Additional blocks available for $15 upon request. Lion's Mane available only upon request.
Mushrooms ~ Grow Your Own !!
The FunGuy is back !! In this workshop, Jim (Our favorite Fungi) will teach you the art of growing fungi in your very own home. He will provide a few types of mushrooms, the variety of mushrooms available for the workshop will depend on what is available at the time. You'll be amazed at how easy, lucrative, convenient and just how cool it is to grow your own edible mushrooms. Fresh mushrooms are so delicious, you'll hardly recognize them compared to the limited, kind of old ones you readily get in the grocery store. This is a fantastic workshop geared toward teaching you the successes of growing various kinds of possibilities in the world of FUNGI !! Jim will provide you with ONE of your own blocks for growing included in the cost of registration. (worth $35+ on line ! and you will also be able to purchase additional blocks from him if you'd like at $15 each).
We'll cover in this course:
- Brief history of mushrooms and their importance to our health and our planet's health.
- The suggested varieties of mushrooms you can grow.
- Various down and dirty ways to grow mushrooms from store bought or your own grown mushrooms
- How to incorporate edible mushrooms into your garden or even your houseplants
- How to fruit the ready to fruit block you'll be taking home