Northland Native Mushroom Culture

07/04/2025

A huge thank you to the awesome people who came along to Saturday’s outdoor mushroom cultivation workshop. We had stunning weather for it, and the vibe was great.

There’s one space left for the 19th, all the details are here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EYmPHpBkD/?mibextid=wwXIfr

23/03/2025

🍄UPDATE:

The workshop for April 5th 2025 is full, pending a couple of deposits to confirm. Yeeha,,will be fun 😁🍄‍🟫

April 19th has several spots still.. gosh I didn’t compute that it’s Easter weekend then! But I’m gonna go ahead with it regardless. Perhaps it’ll be a nice cosy group 😂🍄‍🟫

🔹🍄‍🟫Outdoor Mushroom Growing - WORKSHOP ANOUNCEMENT🍄‍🟫🔹

Autumn 🍂 is the perfect time to get some outdoor mushroom growing projects started.

Loads of people ask me how to incorporate mushrooms into their food forest. I have a bunch of suitable logs, freshly harvested, and I’m ready to go 🙌🏼 Want to join me? 😁

I’m offering two beginner friendly workshop experiences, for friends and locals. Please have a good read of all the details:

🔹What: A comprehensive, hands-on workshop to teach two techniques for backyard mushroom cultivation

🔹Where: at our home in Kaingaroa, Far North NZ

🔹Two dates:
🍄‍🟫Saturday 5 April 2025
11am-2.30pm
🍄‍🟫Saturday 19 April 2025
11am-2.30pm

🔹What you’ll get:
🍄‍🟫 A full size inoculated log that you’ll make yourself, from our materials
🍄‍🟫Golden wine cap spawn, to start your own mushroom bed at home, plus all the knowledge how to do so, and achieve best results
🍄‍🟫Technique! With what you learn you can make as many logs as you like, and expand your garden mushroom beds for a consistent supply of edible goodness
🍄‍🟫All the knowledge I share is yours to keep and use 🫶🏼

🔹What you need to bring:
🍄‍🟫A battery powered electric drill
🍄‍🟫9mm drill bit
🍄‍🟫Confidence and ability to operate a drill
🍄‍🟫Sun hat, sun screen, water, snacks for lunch
🍄‍🟫Yourself!

🔹Cost: $99 per person
👉🏼50% deposit, paid in advance will secure your spot.

🔹Who can attend: anyone who is 14yrs or older, and is competent to operate an electric drill.

🍄Please message me to register your interest, or call 0221096760. First in, best dressed!

🍄Your host will be me, Sally. Some of you know me already. I’ll be delighted to meet new people too.

🍄Important: I am opening this up to friends and locals first, and will update as spots fill up. There is a maximum of 8 spots for each workshop. I will run both dates regardless of numbers on the day. For safety reasons we ask that you please leave kids and pets at home, thank you. The cost is per person, payable in advance.

Yeeha, can’t wait 🙌🏼🧡

17/03/2025

🔹🍄‍🟫Outdoor Mushroom Growing - WORKSHOP ANOUNCEMENT🍄‍🟫🔹

Autumn 🍂 is the perfect time to get some outdoor mushroom growing projects started.

Loads of people ask me how to incorporate mushrooms into their food forest. I have a bunch of suitable logs, freshly harvested, and I’m ready to go 🙌🏼 Want to join me? 😁

I’m offering two beginner friendly workshop experiences, for friends and locals. Please have a good read of all the details:

🔹What: A comprehensive, hands-on workshop to teach two techniques for backyard mushroom cultivation

🔹Where: at our home in Kaingaroa, Far North NZ

🔹Two dates:
🍄‍🟫Saturday 5 April 2025
11am-2.30pm
🍄‍🟫Saturday 19 April 2025
11am-2.30pm

🔹What you’ll get:
🍄‍🟫 A full size inoculated log that you’ll make yourself, from our materials
🍄‍🟫Golden wine cap spawn, to start your own mushroom bed at home, plus all the knowledge how to do so, and achieve best results
🍄‍🟫Technique! With what you learn you can make as many logs as you like, and expand your garden mushroom beds for a consistent supply of edible goodness
🍄‍🟫All the knowledge I share is yours to keep and use 🫶🏼

🔹What you need to bring:
🍄‍🟫A battery powered electric drill
🍄‍🟫9mm drill bit
🍄‍🟫Confidence and ability to operate a drill
🍄‍🟫Sun hat, sun screen, water, snacks for lunch
🍄‍🟫Yourself!

🔹Cost: $99 per person
👉🏼50% deposit, paid in advance will secure your spot.

🔹Who can attend: anyone who is 14yrs or older, and is competent to operate an electric drill.

🍄Please message me to register your interest, or call 0221096760. First in, best dressed!

🍄Your host will be me, Sally. Some of you know me already. I’ll be delighted to meet new people too.

🍄Important: I am opening this up to friends and locals first, and will update as spots fill up. There is a maximum of 8 spots for each workshop. I will run both dates regardless of numbers on the day. For safety reasons we ask that you please leave kids and pets at home, thank you. The cost is per person, payable in advance.

Yeeha, can’t wait 🙌🏼🧡

16/03/2025

Golden King Stropharia, the culture was developed by Mushrooms & avos. Tann is officially the queen of chonky mushrooms, this delicous outdoor edible is a ripper.
💯💛

16/03/2025

Check out these beefy australis oysters Mushrooms & avos are growing. Hahaha I was aiming for clusters with this culture, and Tann achieved chonkers 🤩🤎 Yeeeha love it.

01/03/2025

Golden wine cap, Stropharia rugosoannulata var. lutea is a fast growing delicious species to add to your food forest. It loves to eat non-coniferous woodchips, and is very easy to grow in your garden.

Stropharia rugosoannulata has the ability to draw nutrients up from deep in the soil, increasing bioavailability for your plants of said nutrients. At the same time it offers a tasty and nutritious mushroom for eating.

If you’re like me and geek out on this stuff, you may find this link an interesting read - long story short, if you love to eat mushrooms here’s why you need to grow these: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10455845/

02/02/2025

I get the best kick out of people sending me pics of their successful log grows, made using the Northland strains. Whoop whoop. Way to go Pauli 😎