Project Mushroom
will teach you everything you need to know to identify, grow, display and cook edible mushrooms.
Mushrooms are good for us and for the environment: they are a
sustainable
,
easy—to—grow
food source and full of
nutritional
goodness. But they can also be attractive and useful additions to our homes and gardens – whether displayed in ceramic vases, on macrame or even used to make ink, paper or seed pots. In this book, mushroom experts Lorraine and Jodie Caley (aka the Caley Brothers) provide more than
30 projects
so you can
grow mushrooms at home
.
An extensive introduction
de—mystifies
mushrooms
, explains their benefits (for our health and the environment) and gives you a
mushroom—growing
starter kit
Provides simple, easy—to—follow techniques for
growing all types of mushroom
Discover
striking
ways to display and use
mushrooms in the home: make sustainable hanging decorations or learn how to grow mushrooms in a book
Learn
how to garden
with mushrooms: make a mushroom bed or display varieties in seasonal containers
Experiment with
easy recipes
for adding mushrooms to your store cupboard, including a Vitamin D boost, mushroom tincture and dried mushroom powder
Includes a beautifully
illustrated directory
to help you identify mushrooms
This guide takes out the technical jargon, provides fascinating inspiration and answers all your burning questions. With so many ideas to explore, it celebrates the magic of mushrooms and demonstrates that mushroom growing doesn’t have to be scary.
Created
in collaboration with
the world—renowned
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew,
and with an extensive introduction and a directory of mushrooms, this book is a
must—have for any modern mushroom lover