WHEN: Saturday, NOVEMBER 18, 2023, 11 a.m. - 1 P.m.
WHERE: Bastrop Botanical Gardens
WHAT TO BRING: Bring Your own Container (see examples Below)
COST: $5+ (YOU CAN ALSO MAKE DonationS for Blocks & SUPPLIES AT THE EVENT)
Your donation helps pay the educators and helps pay for supplies.
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:
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“ 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.
Examples of containers
ABOUT BASTROP BOTANICAL GARDENS
Boutique nursery specializing in Texas and Native Plants, Herbs, Vegetables. All things Organic for Your Garden!
