Friday, August 9, 2019

Hermit Hut, part 3: EcoEcho Forest Cultivation Hang-ups Or Hurrahs!?!

So I was trying to "crank" out the water like I was "cranking" out the walls - and I forgot about the iron pipe at the bottom of the well (that had busted off at the casing attachment - the linkage or whatever it's called - the Coupling man-talk word )....
So my specially custom designed water bucket with harness has to be totally re-down. Also I guess I'm only currently recharged a few gallons of water. I can get by on that but I hope it doesn't keep lowering - I hope that is the "water table."

So I did another soaking of the Shiitake Logs - and to be honest I'm not seeing any more dramatic growth rates. It seems to be more of a slow growth now. There are a bunch of logs after being soaked. So I would not be surprised if I don't get much of a harvest this fall if at all. They say six months is necessary before the first harvest. I did most of the logs starting in May but I think some in April. I could get SOME shiitake this fall but I'm not sure. Some of the logs do have their ends covered in mycelium - which means they should fruit. But those are small logs. The issue is to not have them dry out too much. I probably could have soaked the logs EACH WEEK for faster growth. Now it is a lot cooler up north - and so not the typically Japanese warmth. Also - I am concerned about activating fruiting too early. I figure if they fruit then I harvest what I get. But I have one order for a QUARTER of a pound of dried shiitake - that's quite a lot of fresh shiitake. I'll see what happens but I doubt that will get filled this fall - I highly doubt that. This spring is possible. I'm not even sure how many fresh pounds (one?) = a quarter of a pound dried. haha.


Meanwhile the local shrooms are popping up. Gotta look this one up.


And the Aspen Boletes are blooming!!

hiding out or...

standing out bold and proud!

This must be the same type of shroom as the other one I posted above - that I need to ID... but the gills underneath were not black yet. Interesting.

OK kind of black. And it was a lot bigger.

Anyway what I like about shrooms is that it is proven they communicate with the trees via Biophotons! And qigong is also based on biophoton communication. We live in a psychedelic reality. It's only left-brain dominance that tricks us into thinking that words and right-hand technology defines reality.



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