For years my children and husband have always gotten me flowers and candy for Mother’s Day which I loved very much. When Mother’s Day came around last year, I was all ready to receive my usual candy and flowers from my family. The kids woke me up with breakfast in bed and lots of hugs telling me what a great mom I was when my husband asked me to come down stairs into the kitchen. Not thinking much about it, I put on my robe and followed him and the kids down the stairs expecting to find a bouquet of flowers on the kitchen counter. To my surprise, there sat two mushroom grow kits on the counter top.
My husband and kids could not wait for me to open up the mushroom growing kits. At first I was not sure about trying to grow my own mushrooms at home. I opened it up and read the simple directions and thought this would be a great time to teach my husband and kids about growing our own food. We quickly got started planting the mushrooms and could not wait to see if it actually worked.
It only took a few days when my youngest son, who is 5, noticed that there were already small pin heads poking through the dirt mixture. We all had to take a look to see if it was actually a mushroom growing that he was seeing. He was right. The mushrooms started to grow in just a few days just like the information had stated. We were all thrilled and could not wait to harvest these delicious mushrooms.
Glad you enjoyed your experience with the mushroom kit! A friend and I actually started a 100% sustainable urban mushroom farm after graduating from UC Berkeley last year in which we use recycled coffee grounds as the growing medium for our gourmet mushrooms (http://www.bttrventures.com). Apart from the fresh mushrooms, we also sell The BTTR Gourmet Garden, a grow-it-at-home mushroom kit that allows consumers to grow up to 1 Lb of delicious gourmet mushroom in as little as 10 days! With it's unique packaging, great design, and sustainable story, it's a great green gift for friends and family. Definitely check out the mushroom kit at http://www.bttrventures.com and let us know what you think!
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with you, growing your own mushrooms is the way to go. I bought my first kit in January. I'd been thinking about buying one for years but I'd been put off by a few people who told me they didn't work. When I saw a half-price kit I couldn't resist.
ReplyDeleteThe kit was easy to set up and didn't take up much space. After about four weeks my mushrooms finally appeared. I'm really pleased with it and I would recommend buying one.
If you would like to read more about my experience then please check out the posts on http://www.getselfsufficient.org/blog/
Were the two boxes of mushrooms different varieties? Maybe I'll try a different kit next time.