November was an incredibly busy month for the Collar City Mushrooms team! We have been continually expanding our grain spawn and substrate bags. We tapped into the cultures we’ve been collecting and transferred them into grain, ordered 2 new strains from North Spore Mushrooms, and we also took samples from wild foraged mushrooms and createdContinue reading “December: And Away We Go”
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November: A Time For Growth
Growth can happen so fast and vigorously. We have fully occupied the first floor of 333 Second Ave. We have 5 temporary grow tents in operation. We have harvested over a pound of lion’s mane, several shiitake, and several pounds of oysters. This is just the beginning and it has been so exciting to seeContinue reading “November: A Time For Growth”
October Update: We have a home!
We’ve moved all of the mushroom supplies from the basement on Hill St to our farm building at 333 Second Ave. Building permits have been requested, contractors are lined up, and temporary grow tents have been erected. We are in business!! What an incredible journey this has been. Years of playing around with “what ifs…”Continue reading “October Update: We have a home!”
September is National Mushroom Month!
August was such a great month for Collar City Mushrooms. We have been constantly expanding our mushroom cultures and honing our processes. We attempted to grow two different kinds of oysters and some lion’s mane (however, we were using an inefficient humidifier and they got dried out! We changed our tent up a bit, addedContinue reading “September is National Mushroom Month!”
August Check In
So much can happen in a month, so many starts, so many changes, so much growth. Our search for a building may have finally yielded success. A beautiful building in the Lansingburgh neighborhood right on the Hudson River. If all goes well, we will be getting keys and signing contracts this month! We mayContinue reading “August Check In”
Hello, Collar City!
Collar City Mushrooms. Collar. City. Mushrooms. Every time I type Collar City Mushrooms I smile. I really can’t believe we are doing this. What was a fun “imagine if” scenario is actually taking shape. Talk about dreams coming true. Growing up in the Helderberg Mountains, the forest was my home; my home, my playground, myContinue reading “Hello, Collar City!”
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