It’s time for the Cooperative at Dawn Farm’s annual fundraiser!
This year we’re having one workshop, December 5, 12 pm – 2 pm.
Tickets are $35 and extra logs are $20.
If you’re available you can stick around afterwards and help us inoculate our extra logs to sell at the Growing Hope Plant Sale in the Spring.
Join us as we learn to turn trees into gourmet mushrooms! Bring a friend for a fun and education event and take home a mushroom log that will “fruit” with Oyster mushrooms 2-4x per year, for the next 2-4 years!
We will:
We always have a fun time doing the Mushroom Log Workshop, come join us and invite your friends!
The workshop runs on two dates, Sunday November 30th & Saturday December 6, 12-2pm both days.
Registration:
November 30th
We found an old image from back in the day. Back before the coop, before the food forest, there was AMPY (Abundant Michigan Permaculture Ypsilanti). We got together one day and dug a swale. It’s amazing what a group of people can do!
In 2024 we will again be hosting two mushroom workshops.
Saturday December 7 & 15, both from 12-2pm. The price is $40 and you can take home your very own mushroom log with one of three varieties of oyster mushrooms. You can take home additional logs for $25 each.
To register visit:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/edible-mushroom-log-workshop-tickets-1015590467427
or
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/edible-mushroom-log-workshop-tickets-1015591249767
Come on out and support the coop!
This year we are hosting two mushroom workshops:
Saturday December 2 & 9, both 12-2pm. The cost is $35 and you get to take home your very own mushroom log with either one of two varieties of Oyster mushrooms or, if you’re feeling experimental, Chestnut mushrooms.
Here are the links to register:
We hope to see you there!
The sheep have landed!
I’ve been mob grazing six sheep through the food forest. It’s been a wonderful experience. They seem very satisfied with their circumstances and are transforming the landscape as they go!
We made a video last week for a grant application with Mountain Rose Seeds, #grants4plants. Whether or not we get the grant, the turned out well.
Well, look at that! We’re wrapping up the first quarter of 2020 and haven’t made a post yet. That doesn’t mean nothing is happening…
We’ve been building rain gardens, breaking stuff, fixing it, trimming trees, prepping beds, moving wood chips, cleaning up, and just generally preparing for spring. I think my favorite thing about it is just spending time getting to know the space better and better.
The raingarden and general earthworks seem to be doing their jobs so now it’s a matter of tweaking them. Slowing, sinking, and spreading the water. Sitting with it to see how it evolves, what wants to happen.
Grass in the hoops started growing the minute we had 10+ hours in the day, way back in the beginning of February. The food forest is just barely starting to wake up.
There’s an old grandmother red oak tree in the wood lot along Hitchingham. She might be 150 years old. There seems to be some evidence of dumping in the back acres, too. Only the oak knows when.
So, an update! While keeping up a website seems to be hit and miss for us, activities at the coop continue nonetheless.
Our first order of business is to announce our annual Mushroom Log Workshop! You can see more information on our workshop page.
Also notice that our Instagram feed is prominently displayed on our website. It’s easier to post a quick picture and be done. If you’re on the platform join us!
Short and sweet! I’ll see ya around…
Join us for the Cooperative’s annual Mushroom Workshop! You can pre-pay on the website or RSVP by emailing info@thecooperativeatdawnfarm.org.
