Last night we finished the last of our 350 mushroom bolts.  Jo had the day off and Ron swung by to pick her up after he left work.   By the time I got there, Ron had drilled maybe half of the 15 logs we had waiting for us. Jo had inoculated those and they were waiting for me to wax them up.  I jumped right in and soon Ron was done with the drilling and he and Jo were doing the last inoculations. For those of you who are keeping track, Ron is the winner of the inoculation dork prize. Not only did he skip filling holes on more than a few logs; he actually missed 3 in a row, on the same log. A feat that was unmatched by any of our other workers.

Then it was my turn.

Last log being waxed and then carried out to our trailer for hauling across the stream.  Ron drove the 4 wheeler and Jo and I put on the tall boots and walked over.   We unloaded the logs, again putting them in stack of 25.

Unfortunately as we are growing our Shiitakes in a forest setting, it is impossible to get a single of all of them. Not only are there too many trees in the way, but they are scattered about the place. The goal is to keep them in the “dappled” shade. Too much sun will dry the logs out. And I don’t want to be out there with hose or bucket trying to keep 550 logs damp.

A job well done. You would think that now I can take the rest of the year off. After all this is a mushroom farm and we have our logs all set for 2016. They just need to be monitored, shifted into leaning stacks, and tagged. Surely we are done for the year. Surely you jest.
What is next you ask? More rock picking. Oh joy.