Brush Creek Farms and Apothecary

08/22/2026

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08/19/2026

Finally!! After a long hot year in the bee yard we have that sweet golden honey. Still air bubbles in that jar but had to pour early just to see the color.

08/11/2026

Honey harvest is right around the corner. As of today the extractor and uncapping tanks are clean and ready. Now let’s see if f the heat lets the HVAC guy have enough time off work to pull supers and get them spun out. Let’s do this!! I want to see this baby full!!

08/11/2026

We have had some ups and downs recently. I am so excited to say we have not only a surprise shiitake flush from the standing logs. The crib stacked logs are another story. Those logs inoculated 4 months ago usually wouldn’t produce for a year. You can see the bumps or pins on many of those logs which will also become mushrooms. I cloned this mushroom strain a year ago and now have it doing miraculous things on my spring log inoculations. This is the first of the Brush Creek Shiitake I have been working towards. We can’t wait to see where this goes!! What a surprise!! I never imagined turning back the clock!! Fellow strain hunters and myco enthusiasts, don’t give up. This can be so rewarding!! Perseverance will pay off!!

08/08/2026

Due to fighting a cold this week and a mouse that got in the mushroom lab and wreaked havoc. We did not make it to Farmers Market Pleasant Hill MO this week. We apologize for any inconvenience

07/29/2026

It’s late but here come the shiitake. It’s hot but we are doing our best to keep up.

07/26/2026

Soaking shiitake logs at dark so it’s cool. They say right now the dew point is 80. With the way I am condensing right now, I disagree. Hopefully they grow fast with this heat.

07/21/2026

We see some of these. And some others as a specialty vendor.

Let’s hear it from our vendors out there what are the rudest things market goers do at the markets ?

I have great market goers today but had a few long ago that were pills to deal with .

Market goers pi**ed off at other market goers also qualifies to chime in as well .

07/18/2026

I think not. And I am sure glad my bees aren’t like that. Well, not really they aren’t my bees I am just their keeper. I am pretty sure they own me honestly.