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For the past couple of years, we have been growing some shiitake mushrooms here at the farm.  Each spring we inoculate maple logs with shiitake mushroom spore.  This year we did about 250 logs!  But those logs won't start to produce mushrooms until next summer. 

Shiitake logs producing mushrooms! [Click here to view full size picture]
Shiitake logs producing mushrooms!
A nice big mushroom [Click here to view full size picture]
A nice big mushroom
Some mushrooms just starting to grow [Click here to view full size picture]
Some mushrooms just starting to grow
A log just full of shiitakes! [Click here to view full size picture]
A log just full of shiitakes!
The shiitake logs waiting to be harvested [Click here to view full size picture]
The shiitake logs waiting to be harvested
Last year's logs are producing well! [Click here to view full size picture]
Last year's logs are producing well!
A few of this year's logs waiting to produce mushrooms! [Click here to view full size picture]
A few of this year's logs waiting to produce mushrooms!
More of this year's logs [Click here to view full size picture]
More of this year's logs
One of the soaking tanks used for the logs [Click here to view full size picture]
One of the soaking tanks used for the logs
A view of both last year's and this year's logs. [Click here to view full size picture]
A view of both last year's and this year's logs.
Mushroom logs still producing a lot of mushrooms [Click here to view full size picture]
Mushroom logs still producing a lot of mushrooms
Mushrooms at sunrise [Click here to view full size picture]
Mushrooms at sunrise
More mushrooms in the morning  [Click here to view full size picture]
More mushrooms in the morning
This page last updated on 7/29/2009.