10/12/2026
Another year, another round of shiitake log inoculation. 🍄🟫🍄🟫🍄🟫
Jeff felled and cut the beech logs from our woodlot last week, gathering the perfect sizes for this purpose. They are about 6-8” diameter and 3’ long.
Because he’s a carpenter, he has just the right saw horses to hold the logs while he drills the holes and punch in the spawn. Then they are set on this slab bench to be waxed closed.
We don’t sell them like we used to so he does just enough logs to keep us supplied with fresh through summer and frozen through winter. The fruiting logs shown are from a summer harvest.
These babies pack a nutritional punch, loaded with protein and anti cancer properties as well as beneficial micro nutrients, we include them in our meals whenever we can.
We sauté them in butter to freeze and often I make blends with cashews, pumpkin seeds, kale and oil to make tasty spreads that can be gifted or frozen.
I love this tradition 🥰
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