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Canyon Lake: Lo-tek Mushroom Cultivation

  • Tye Preston Memorial Library 16311 South Access Road, Canyon Lake, TX, 78133 (map)

Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Time: 12-1:30 p.m.

Location: Tye Preston Memorial Library16311 South Access Road, Canyon Lake, TX, 78133

Cost: Free with Registration

Join us at the Canyon Lake library for an in person workshop about what people are calling the “earth’s internet.” Everyone is talking about the invisible, underground network that connects most plants and distributes water and nutrients.

This workshop will give you the practical knowledge to learn how to use recycled mushroom blocks) to build healthy soil, sequester carbon, increase water retention, feed the soil web, your plants and eventually you! This workshop will cover the basic biology and then we will show you low-cost and low-tech ways to recycle SMS and other organic matter back into the soil and also grow delicious Vitamin D filled culinary mushrooms! These basic techniques require no special equipment or electricity, and can all be done outdoors using organic materials found on most farms and gardens. Let’s build healthy soil together!

What to Bring: Bring your own bucket. 5 gallon containers: planter pot, bucket, laundry basket, milk crate, or crate for vegetables, wire mesh container like a bird house, strawberry pot. Any container with holes in it will work. Do not buy anything new, there are many ways to recycle and use these materials.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Angel Schatz radiates passion for understanding the ecosystem of central Texas and making gardening with mushrooms accessible to anyone who shares interest. Not only is she part of the leadership team of the Central Texas Mycological Society, but Austin Organic Gardeners as well; harmonizing vegetable gardening and mushroom growing, particularly by using recycled mushroom blocks.

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Myco Happy Hour at Saddle Up
Later Event: December 10
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