Welcome to my Sustainable Mushroom Farm
The Mushroom Farm
I grow mushrooms with a passion for sustainability, great food and a bit of creative problem-solving! My farm is built on the idea that I don’t need shiny new equipment to grow top-quality mushrooms. I just need a bit of ingenuity, a good dose of resourcefulness and a love for what I do.
Hand Built
I built my incubation and fruiting sheds myself, using old pallets I collected from construction sites. Mushrooms like a steady temperature, so to insulate the sheds, I sourced local sheep’s wool from a farm just up the road, it’s a fantastic insulator! A lot of my equipment has been repurposed or built from scratch, including a humidifier I made using a central heating header tank and a pond fogger. My straw substrate is mixed in a modified food barrel mounted on rollers, which does the job nicely.
Locally Sourced Materials
I also source my growing materials as locally as possible. The straw comes from a nearby farm and the logs for my mushroom logs are supplied by a local tree surgeon.
As I develop my product range, I hope to use even more homegrown ingredients, including my own herbs and garlic, so I know exactly where everything comes from. My research and development kitchen is right next to the fruiting sheds, which means everything I experiment with is as fresh as it gets.
Farm Visits
From time to time, and strictly by prior arrangement, I’m happy to show interested individuals the growing sheds and explain how the mushrooms are cultivated, from incubation through to harvest. These are informal visits rather than organised tours, and numbers are always very limited.
If you’re curious about fungi, sustainable growing, or simply enjoy a good conversation about food and farming, feel free to get in touch to arrange a suitable time.
