AUSTIN: Lo-tek Mushroom Cultivation Workshop

Join us for a in person workshop to learn how to recycle mushroom grow blocks to build healthy soil, increase water retention, feed the soil web, your plants and eventually you! This workshop will cover the basic mycology 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:

Folding Chair or Blanket, Cordless power drill and step drill bit (if you have one), Bring your own container such as a 5 gallon containers: planter pot, bucket, laundry basket, milk crate, or crate for vegetables, wire mesh container like a bird house, strawberry pot. Don't buy anything new. Let's recycle. Any container with holes in it will work including a cardboard box. If your container doesn’t have holes in the side, use a power drive with a 1 “ bit and drill holes in a diamond pattern 4” apart on the sides of the bucket. DO NOT drill holes on the bottom. If there are already holes on the bottom, line it with cardboard.

ABOUT FESTIVAL BEACH COMMUNITY GARDEN

There are already over 80 dedicated gardeners and many other volunteers who have come together to build community in the garden with the goal of improving the food security, health, and happiness of the residents of our East Cesar Chavez and Holly neighborhoods. Individual plots are 10′ × 20′ and rent for $80/year with some scholarship plots available. We also have some “raised beds” for those who need them.

In addition to providing our gardeners and their families with a reliable source of fresh, nutritious and affordable food, the garden has become a site of cooperation, collaboration, celebration, and developing friendships between diverse neighbors. FBCG is a vibrant and beautiful space that serves as a habitat for diversity in addition to providing food for regular donations of produce to nearby food pantries.

We hope that Festival Beach Community Garden will serve as a warm and welcoming gathering space for residents of the East Cesar Chavez and Holly neighborhoods and we invite you to join us.

Become a member today or stop on by to volunteer during one of our monthly workdays!

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