Shiitake mushrooms at Mueller's Mushrooms in Guatay, Calif. (Alan Nakkash / For The Times; typography and illustration by Selina Saldivar / For The Times) As an avid gardener and (very) amateur cook, ...

My late Uncle Pepe was an avid mushroom hunter, rising early on late-summer Saturdays, field guide in hand, to head to a local New York City park for his weekly forage. Upon his return, my Aunt Jenny ...

I embarked on my agricultural journey of growing mushrooms at home by delving into indoor hydroponics. It all began with my homemade deep-water culture system housed in a Sterlite tote bin. An indoor ...

Select a mushroom-growing kit or purchase spores. Kits are ideal for beginners as they contain everything you need, including a substrate (growing medium) inoculated with mushroom spores. Popular ...

Ever wanted more out of a date than just a fun guy? How about a fungi you can eat. Mushroom cultivation is becoming increasingly popular and is another way supplement your diet with culinary treats.

We are able to grow our own food outdoors hereabouts by the seasons only. Indoors is another matter, although anything large-scale, of course, is the domain of commercial greenhouses and enclosed grow ...

Need a winter gardening idea? Utah State University Extension recently published a comprehensive guide to help beginners learn to grow gourmet mushrooms. “A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Mushrooms at ...

Carrying your brimming plastic laundry basket to the machine, you hear a dreaded crack and feel the weight shift. There goes one of the handles. Its days of toting bundles of clothes may be over, but ...

Golden oyster mushrooms, with their sunny yellow caps and nutty flavor, have become wildly popular for being healthy, delicious and easy to grow at home from mushroom kits. But this food craze has ...