The farm tour Forty-five minutes, walking the whole cycle in the order it happens: substrate …
- Scott Brenton
- September 15, 2026
- 4 min read
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The farm tour Forty-five minutes, walking the whole cycle in the order it happens: substrate …
The farm tour Forty-five minutes, walking the whole cycle in the order it happens: substrate mixing, the sterilisation and inoculation side, the dark incubation room,
Why this county is unusual Boulder County has an established open-space and agricultural-land programme, a population that will pay a premium for provenance, a dense
Stage one: it is not finished yet A block that has given its first flush usually has a second in it, and sometimes a third.
Why sterility is not a marketing claim here Every substrate block is pressure-sterilised before it is inoculated. That step exists because mushroom cultivation is really
What a farm-direct account looks like in practice A standing order, adjusted on a Thursday phone call, delivered between services on a set day. First
1. Harvest date — the only number that matters Every mushroom has a fixed window that starts at the cut. Ours are harvested Tuesday and
Monday — the week gets decided Orders close at 10am. Everything after that is arithmetic: what the chefs have committed to, what Share members are
Why mushrooms, and why here Mushroom farming is one of the few forms of agriculture that is genuinely indifferent to Colorado’s climate. We are not
Why a mushroom farm, in Colorado Mushroom growing is one of the few kinds of agriculture that does not care about Colorado’s climate. There is