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want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
i want to become a mushroom farmer (in minnesota)in smallish quantities. i want quality not so much quamtity. i want to specialize. i have 4 acres of lush woods with oak and birch, lots of rotting logs and a moist forest floor with incredible compost. i see mushrooms already like this environment. where do i begin? anyone want to help me and be my partner?
or recommend to me books or websites of how to start?
i am a total newbie but i love mushrooms and think this could work. i need someone with the same passion who would practically do it for free just because it would be a joy to work the land and be in nature and grow mushrooms. but i have free space to live downstairs. bedroom and family room with fireplace. window open to the view of the forest. it has the rough in for it's own bedroom.
in these times i think we need to pool our resources.
i have 2 small children to raise and my husband wants to write. i want to paint and garden and be as self sufficent as possible. i see my forest makes good mushrooms and i don't see any local mushrooms at the farmer's market here. plus, you can dry them so it's not like you need to sell them right away.
they could be both edible and medicinal mushrooms.
the rest of my land is sandy. it grows things like mint and thyme well. i'm learning more each year about what grows where.
it just seems a shame i have all this land i want to do stuff with, i have an extra bedroom, but i can 't do it all because i have to raise a 3 and 4 year old.
my husband is a homecare provider for people with down syndrome and autism. but he needs a break from that because it's so intense and demands so much.

so imagine living with 2 eccentric artists who are basically loners. we appreciate privacy but also want to offer what we have to the right person who can heko our homestead grow and flourish.

big dream: have some goats and chickens too.
there is also plenty of room for you to build a cabin in the woods for yourself if you would rather live there.

we need someone who is mellow, passionate, committed, has a vision and the discipline to back that up with hard work every day.
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
it has the rough in for it's own bedroom. (I MEAN BATHROOM!)
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
Where do you live
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
You sound cool Op, too bad you're not in my neck of the woodshf
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
Oh sorry see you are in MN.
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You sound cool Op, too bad you're not in my neck of the woodshf
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
If you have oak trees, I wonder if there's a way to grow truffles. I know in Oregon/Washington they do it.

I know for morels, you can take a couple with water, puree it, than spray it under elm/aspen trees, then the next year they'll pop up.

I wanted to become a farmer, but with my student loan, I can't afford to. my mom and I wanted to start a cheese farm, but there's no way to afford it. She's on disablity, I am unemployed now.

I wish I was closer, I would so want to do this! I would connect with other CSA in the area, and see if you guys could do a joint offer. Maybe check out some mushroom farms in MN (I know there's good picking) and see what they do, one for inspiration, two for ideas.
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
also being a handyperson with some things would be an extra bonus. i want to learn it all. plumbing, electrical, diy solar etc. how to build a chicken coop!
i'm missing the basic building techniques but am a fast learner.
btw, in case you want to knoe our age, i am 45 and my husband is 30.
our children are 2 1/2 and 4 (with down syndrome) we live upstairs mostly which is approx 1200 sq feet. then we have the same below. some finished some unfinished.

we have lots of squirrels, acorns, cattails, gophers, deer, wild blackberries and grapes and we planted 3 apple trees.
if you are a hunter/gatherer there is a lot around here
wild asparagus, nettle and who knows what else? frogs? ants? :)
learning every year :)

again, i repeat, i just believe we shoild pool our recources.
we have guns and our own well. but we aren't all "fuck all who didn't prepare"
we believe that what we give we get back.
we are not into living in fear or a belief where there is lack. but we also believe in being prepared anyway. balance.
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Are there websites dedicated to people who want to create communities based on desire to join together? I know there's hippie communes, but those are expensive with their fancy solar powers house.

My mom is a slave to her mortgage, and she's on disability, and I am a slave unto my student loan, and I lost my job last month.

We want to sell our house, but where to move?
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Oh, you build a chicken coop? You can probably google one, there's a cheap one you can make with bales of hay!

God bless you, I agree everyone should START to join together. Good luck with finding some like minded folks.

If anyone is from the Northern Illinois area, please contact me!
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
Oh, you build a chicken coop? You can probably google one, there's a cheap one you can make with bales of hay!

God bless you, I agree everyone should START to join together. Good luck with finding some like minded folks.

If anyone is from the Northern Illinois area, please contact me!
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thank you! yes!
time to band togther not bunker apart.
this is key
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
Well, I am a like-minded folk, recently divorced and alone. I own property that I am going to keep, but rational or not, I do worry about the New Madrid fault. So I have been mulling over the idea of going to southeastern Wisconsin, somewhere between you two, I guess. I have a lifetime of experience in canning --"prepping" is not a foreign concept to me, but the money is a problem to try to have two places at once.
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view of our backyard
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
Well... I'm sincerely interested. My sublease expires November 15th and I'm being called out to the "safe zone".

I'm very experienced at growing mushrooms, both edible and medicinal. As our society stands now, one can certainly grow edible mushrooms and sell them at local and farmers market. Medicinal mushrooms have a propose too. I was my mom's caregiver and she had a home for disabled adults; I understand the caring and compassion, but also the incredible stress too. For those who are dying, medicinal mushrooms have been shown to bring peace of mind and destroy fears of death. They also make for a great antidepressant. It would probably help those in shock when TSHTF.

There is a science to growing mushrooms. You need to get spore prints of the species you desire or make your own spore prints for those you have correctly identified. One needs to work in a glove box in the next stage; you need a sterile environment so airborne spores and bacteria don't contaminate the pure spores your trying to grow. Here you add the spore to grain and allow the mycelium to fully colonize the grain. From there you can grow some species in climate controlled conditions or in outdoor patches. As you know, there are a lot of wood loving mushrooms out there. Others like cow and horse poo.

I love this stuff, I also grew saltwater coral reef tanks at home. Beautiful and fun, but I also loved the science part, understanding how bacteria broke down ammonia to nitrites, other bacterial that broke nitrites into nitrates, etc. etc. It truly brings me closer to God. I do it for the fun of it :)

I also work for myself and my work is all long-distance on the phone. I'd be able to earn a living and help grow mushrooms and herbs without being a drain. That's why I'm already looking and listening to my calling to get to the "safe zones". Sublease is up and my work travels so I can go anywhere.

Hit me up, I'm serious.
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
I would seriouysly consider it if you guys are not looking for anything unnatural. We might need to grow something else because as far as I know you have to grow mushrooms in yoru basement.
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
[email protected] - lol
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
Ohsorry justanotherguy--that is how they do it in IL!
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Ohsorry justanotherguy--that is how they do it in IL!
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That's how they do what? hiding
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
I would seriouysly consider it if you guys are not looking for anything unnatural. We might need to grow something else because as far as I know you have to grow mushrooms in yoru basement.
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Yea, you'll see big mushroom farms in basement for mass production.

Growing them outdoors in patches are seasonal, you'll get a seasonal harvest.

It's also very easy to build a green house to control the environment for year round production too.
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
unfortunately, mushrooms soak up radiation. this is probably not the time to start farming them.
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unfortunately, mushrooms soak up radiation. this is probably not the time to start farming them.
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Outdoor grows would be vulnerable to radioactive fallout. True.

Indoor grows would not, proving one had clean water. Once they are planted, they don't need much water either; just humidity and misting.
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
Oh, you build a chicken coop? You can probably google one, there's a cheap one you can make with bales of hay!

God bless you, I agree everyone should START to join together. Good luck with finding some like minded folks.

If anyone is from the Northern Illinois area, please contact me!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1544609


I'm from the Northern IL area, but I don't have a mushroom farm.

OP I wish I could get it, sounds like peaceful living.
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Indoor grows would not, proving one had clean water. Once they are planted, they don't need much water either; just humidity and misting.
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indoor grows are (sadly) not safe either:

[link to ex-skf.blogspot.com]

"The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on July 15 that 1,770 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium was detected from shiitake mushrooms grown indoors in Date City, Fukushima Prefecture. The provisional safety limit is 500 becquerels/kg."

minnesota is not date city, sure, but it may be better to pick a crop (potatoes?) which doesn't concentrate the radioactivity as mushrooms do.
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
i want to become a mushroom farmer (in minnesota)in smallish quantities. i want quality not so much quamtity. i want to specialize. i have 4 acres of lush woods with oak and birch, lots of rotting logs and a moist forest floor with incredible compost. i see mushrooms already like this environment. where do i begin? anyone want to help me and be my partner?
or recommend to me books or websites of how to start?
i am a total newbie but i love mushrooms and think this could work. i need someone with the same passion who would practically do it for free just because it would be a joy to work the land and be in nature and grow mushrooms. but i have free space to live downstairs. bedroom and family room with fireplace. window open to the view of the forest. it has the rough in for it's own bedroom.
in these times i think we need to pool our resources.
i have 2 small children to raise and my husband wants to write. i want to paint and garden and be as self sufficent as possible. i see my forest makes good mushrooms and i don't see any local mushrooms at the farmer's market here. plus, you can dry them so it's not like you need to sell them right away.
they could be both edible and medicinal mushrooms.
the rest of my land is sandy. it grows things like mint and thyme well. i'm learning more each year about what grows where.
it just seems a shame i have all this land i want to do stuff with, i have an extra bedroom, but i can 't do it all because i have to raise a 3 and 4 year old.
my husband is a homecare provider for people with down syndrome and autism. but he needs a break from that because it's so intense and demands so much.

so imagine living with 2 eccentric artists who are basically loners. we appreciate privacy but also want to offer what we have to the right person who can heko our homestead grow and flourish.

big dream: have some goats and chickens too.
there is also plenty of room for you to build a cabin in the woods for yourself if you would rather live there.

we need someone who is mellow, passionate, committed, has a vision and the discipline to back that up with hard work every day.
 Quoting: Pink Cat with a Telephone Hat


shroomery.org
THINK ABOUT THIS!

The universe created life to be observed, without an observer, it never existed. So it is a mathematical proof that the universe created life.
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
unfortunately, mushrooms soak up radiation. this is probably not the time to start farming them.
 Quoting: ishmael

The mushrooms in Germany still have so much cesium from Chernobl that they are not good for eating and the deer and wild boar test too high in radiation from eating the outdoor mushrooms to eat in many cases. Also due to mushrooms being a sponge for radiation, the ones grown indoors in Japan are too hot to eat.
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
MUSHROOMS??!
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Now I'm really pissed at TEPCO - lol
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
uuhh..ya, I like you..saw all the photos..KINDA..AAHH..EYE POPPING..YA.

Well..mushrooms huh? looks like ahh..u might like the more rare.types..do u an your uuhh..husband swing or something..cuz those photos on your site are a little racy for Minnesota..

I live in socal. the mushrooms ive seen arent in a supermarket.
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
uuhh..ya, I like you..saw all the photos..KINDA..AAHH..EYE POPPING..YA.

Well..mushrooms huh? looks like ahh..u might like the more rare.types..do u an your uuhh..husband swing or something..cuz those photos on your site are a little racy for Minnesota..

I live in socal. the mushrooms ive seen arent in a supermarket.
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no, i am married now with 2 children.
i am completely monogamous.
you missed nmy racy period.
anyway, there are lots of cool secrets in minnesota.
we aren't just snow :)
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MUSHROOMS??!
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ya!!!!!!!
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Re: want to be a mushroom farmer? i have land and a room with fireplace.
Well... I'm sincerely interested. My sublease expires November 15th and I'm being called out to the "safe zone".

I'm very experienced at growing mushrooms, both edible and medicinal. As our society stands now, one can certainly grow edible mushrooms and sell them at local and farmers market. Medicinal mushrooms have a propose too. I was my mom's caregiver and she had a home for disabled adults; I understand the caring and compassion, but also the incredible stress too. For those who are dying, medicinal mushrooms have been shown to bring peace of mind and destroy fears of death. They also make for a great antidepressant. It would probably help those in shock when TSHTF.

There is a science to growing mushrooms. You need to get spore prints of the species you desire or make your own spore prints for those you have correctly identified. One needs to work in a glove box in the next stage; you need a sterile environment so airborne spores and bacteria don't contaminate the pure spores your trying to grow. Here you add the spore to grain and allow the mycelium to fully colonize the grain. From there you can grow some species in climate controlled conditions or in outdoor patches. As you know, there are a lot of wood loving mushrooms out there. Others like cow and horse poo.

I love this stuff, I also grew saltwater coral reef tanks at home. Beautiful and fun, but I also loved the science part, understanding how bacteria broke down ammonia to nitrites, other bacterial that broke nitrites into nitrates, etc. etc. It truly brings me closer to God. I do it for the fun of it :)

I also work for myself and my work is all long-distance on the phone. I'd be able to earn a living and help grow mushrooms and herbs without being a drain. That's why I'm already looking and listening to my calling to get to the "safe zones". Sublease is up and my work travels so I can go anywhere.

Hit me up, I'm serious.
 Quoting: justanotherguy


thank you :)
i will keep you in mind and come back to this thread when this becomes closer to a reality :)
do you have an email?
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