Hey Ode.  We have very few soft woods here--do hard woods work?  I read once
that if a person has a pond near by they can place the ends of the logs in
the water (most of the log is out) to suck up water and keep the spawn moist
and growing.  

I tried growing a bag of mushrooms once--a kit I bought.  Got a handful of
shrooms, hardly worth the cost of the kit.  But we are very hot and dry here
in south Texas, not a lot of humidity.  I wonder if there are shrooms that
will grow here?  

In the early spring after the rains start I see a few small wild non-edibles
that last for a day or so, and that's about it.  I miss the wild morrels we
use to pick back home.

Samala,
Renee

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   We've been growing Shitakes for several years now in NC...on Sweet Gum
logs, a tree that's more of a pest than anything else.
   Gum soaks up water like a sponge, rots fast and has lots of sugar in it.
 
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