Harder Mushrooms

08/17/2026

People always ask, “How do you grow mushrooms?”
So this is a 61-second deep dive, starting with a cultured mushroom clone, the starting point, all the way to picking the harvest, the fruit.

Did you notice I didn’t say spore?
That’s because spores are part of sexual reproduction. When you grow from spores, the genetics get shuffled, so the mushroom you grow may not look or perform like the mushroom the spores came from. It’s kinda like an apple tree.

If you’ve ever eaten an incredible apple and thought, “I’m going to grow this from the seed,” you might be surprised. The tree you grow from that seed probably won’t produce apples identical to the one you ate.

Mushroom cloning is different.

We’re taking a piece of a mushroom we already know we like and using that tissue to preserve that particular genetic line. And from there, we go from culture → grain spawn → inoculated substrate → colonization → fruiting → harvest.

So let’s grow a mushroom. When you purchase a fruiting block kit from us, we’ve already done all the hard work. All you have to do is: Buy, Spray & Sauté. Buy our block, spray it with water to keep it moist while fruiting then sauté and enjoy. We provide detailed instructions and our cookbook with every order!

08/01/2026

Never Eat Raw Mushrooms!
Think you are getting rich nutrients packed with beneficial compounds by eating raw mushrooms? Think again.

Mushrooms aren’t vegetables. They’re fungi, and their cell walls are made of chitin, the same tough material found in crab and lobster shells. That chitin locks away many of the nutrients your body is trying to absorb.

Cooking mushrooms helps break down those cell walls, making their vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and beneficial compounds much more available. Most raw mushrooms aren’t necessarily dangerous, but they’re much harder to digest and can cause stomach discomfort for some people, especially if you eat a lot.

So why are mushrooms on salad bars?
…The mushroom mafia has incredible lobbying skills.

What’s your favorite way to cook mushrooms? Let me know in the comments or DMs, cookbook link in bio. We are expanding our cookbook and want your recipes! Send us a recipe with pictures using our mushrooms and get a $10 bag of shrooms on us! Plus, your recipe could be featured in our cookbook and newsletter! Blacksburg Farmers Market and LEAP every Saturday all year!

07/08/2026

Our Pink Oyster Mushroom Block is a living, changing bouquet you and your family get to nurture, watch grow, and then eat together. Kids love it. Adults are amazed by it. And dinner suddenly becomes an experience.

Pink Oyster mushrooms thrive in warm conditions and produce vibrant pink, ruffled clusters with a tender texture and bold, savory flavor. I often call them the “shrimp of the mushroom world,” they develop a rich, meaty texture that holds up exceptionally well in cooking compared to other oyster varieties. Known for their rapid growth and striking color, Pink Oysters are both beautiful and highly productive. Grow Food. Create Wonder. Eat Together.

Turn your kitchen into a tiny mushroom farm! No experience required.

06/19/2026

As we are growing our online business we realized “free shipping” isn’t free and actually built into pricing. Etsy publishes businesses that don’t offer free shipping. We realized that built in free shipping actually raises prices on regional sales to cover costs to ship to out West. To offer the lowest prices and keep it fair we have broken the mold and dropped free shipping. MUSHLOVE coupon gives you a 15% off discount to say thanks for supporting us!

02/24/2026

You want to grow mushrooms but you do not want to gamble or be guessing on what to do.

That is frustrating. We have been there.

When we started transitioning from vegetables to year round mushroom production, there weren’t as many producers or resources available. So we had to tested and experiment with everything. Wild specimens. Commercial strains. Different substrates. Different environments.

Most varieties did not make the cut.

The ones you see here did. Buy yours today; linked in Bio.

These are farm tested, high yielding strains that we actually run in our own production.

Chestnut that clusters heavy.

Oysters that flush hard.

Lion’s Mane that fruits dense and clean.

If you want to grow for fun, for food, or for farm income, you need genetics that perform.

We have already done the trial and error so you do not have to.

02/21/2026

Roanoke friends!! We are well stocked and rocking in Grandin this morning! Come and get your mushroom fix. Local Environmental Agriculture Project - LEAP

02/13/2026

If you want to nerd out on how we grow through the winter, this video is for you!

This Shipping Container Grows 1,000+ Pounds of Mushrooms a Month

This shipping container is how we survive winter as mushroom farmers.Step inside our Mush-Locker fruiting chamber — a retrofitted shipping container where we...