AUSTIN: Gourmet Mushroom Gardening at PEAS Earth Day Farm Fest
WHEN: Saturday, April 27 2024, 9 - 11 AM
WHERE: PEAS Community Farm & Urban Orchard at Cunningham Elementary
WHAT TO BRING: Bring Your own Container (see examples Below)
COST: $0+ (donations accepted)
Please register so we know amount of supplies to bring. Your donation helps pay the educators and helps pay for supplies.
WHEN: Saturday, April 27 2024, 9 - 11 AM
WHERE: PEAS Community Farm & Urban Orchard at Cunningham Elementary
WHAT TO BRING: Bring Your own Container (see examples Below)
COST: $0+ (donations accepted)
Please register so we know amount of supplies to bring. Your donation helps pay the educators and helps pay for supplies.
WHEN: Saturday, April 27 2024, 9 - 11 AM
WHERE: PEAS Community Farm & Urban Orchard at Cunningham Elementary
WHAT TO BRING: Bring Your own Container (see examples Below)
COST: $0+ (donations accepted)
Please register so we know amount of supplies to bring. Your donation helps pay the educators and helps pay for supplies.
We are thrilled to extend a warm invitation to you for the PEAS Earth Day Farm Fest Fundraiser, scheduled. Join us in celebrating Mother Earth and the joyful connections we cultivate through Outdoor Learning and Edible Education during this wonderful springtime gathering.
Stop by our table and learn how to recycle mushroom grow blocks to build healthy soil, increase water retention, feed the soil web, your plants and eventually you! Using low-tech ways to recycle mushroom grow blocks are a great way to feed beneficial 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.
What to Bring:
Cordless power drill and step drill bit (if you have one)
Bring your own container such as a 2-5 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“ step drill 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 THE INSTRUCTOR
Andrea is an ecologist, writer and passionate advocate for the natural world. She holds a BS in Biology and MS in Wildlife Ecology from Texas State University. Her interest in the relationships between urban landscapes and wildlife inspired her thesis work, an investigation of urban bird communities in central Texas. She is a member of the Capital Area Master Naturalists and continues to feed her bird obsession by leading bi-monthly bird walks at McKinney Falls State Park.