![]() Woodchip also comes with many spores increasing diversity in the garden. Woodchip just spread around trees or along paths will help the mycelium network. Mixing the chip with dung increases the decomposition rate by adding cultures and nutrients. All sorts of mushrooms will inhabit the pile at different times. Woodchip of any variety left in a pile will slowly compost and produce mushrooms. Dung just placed in the garden will fruit species of Panaeolus like Blue meanies, Psilocybe cubensis, Coprinus, Agaricus, Agrocybe, Macrolepiota and Volvariella. The dung will be full of spores from a wide range of mushrooms. Talk to paddock owners, some bag it and sell at the gate. Dairy’s are often happy for you remove dung. Several landscape suppliers in my area sell bulk or small amounts of cow dung. Horse, sheep, goat, camel and elephant are all good but cow is most commonly available. ![]() Mushrooms or spawn can be sandwiched between layers and covered with woodchip, grass clippings, mulch or Hugelkultur.Ĭow Dung collected from paddocks where lots of mushrooms grow. ![]() The corrugated structure of cardboard is ideal for establishing fungi. Lawn clippings Using a catcher on push mowers and ride on mowers the clippings can be added to Hugelkultur.Ĭardboard can be used for sheet mulching, motor bike boxes are huge and the cardboard is thick taking about 1yr to break down. Also for establishing plants where Scrub Turkeys are painful. I’ve used this system to build up from strongly acid soil and to anchor trees in flood prone areas. Moisture retained in the logs and branches encourages fungi which bind the mass. Then you plant into the depressions using enough soil to establish what ever you want to grow. All the gaps and spaces are filled with woodchip, leaf mulch, sawdust or lawn clippings- what ever is on hand. Hugelkultur is a technique for making garden beds, chopped branches and logs are piled up to make a bed. ![]() Oysters fruiting from cardboard spawn on Umbrella Tree log over a pond ![]()
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