I may add them to the mushroom garden. But I think I’ll wait to see how overwhelmed I am with the number of oyster and shiitakes I get.
Another question - you must get a huge flush a few times a year - what do you do with all the mushrooms? Do you have a dehydrator?
I get a steady supply when conditions are good. A few bigger flushes in there as well. I just eat as many of them as I can, it is easy for me to eat them at any meal. I do not worry about eating all of them, I like some to release spores into the local environment. I have sold some when I had a big flush
These are at my raw land, so no power for a dehydrator. I camp out there most of spring through fall while making improvements. I would like to build a solar dehydrator this year, many great ideas out there.
For your logs, you may get a few this fall, but expect to start getting them next year. A damp shaded spot that you see everyday is ideal for stacking logs. After a rain, a large flush can happen overnight. You have a day or two harvest window for the best mushrooms.
Camping spring through fall sounds pretty great.
A solar dehydrator. I’ll have to look that up. I made one once with just a large lightbulb and chicken wire shelves that worked pretty well. But needed power.
Dehydrating mushrooms gain vitamin d if they are in the sun. Pretty much anything else is better not in contact with the sun.
I'm thinking a smaller version of this:
