Growing Oyster Mushrooms on Straw is the Easiest Thing I’ve Ever Done in My Life…

Seriously.

I may be speaking too soon,  since I haven’t actually tasted one yet, but I just noticed a bunch of fruit-bodies all around the bag. Some are pretty big. So I opened the tops of the bags to let them do their thing. I started the bags on the 15th, methinks. So, what’s that? Like three weeks. I know mushrooms grow fast once the fruiting bodies form, so maybe another few days to harvest? Can’t wait!

There’s something unearthly about mushrooms and the way they grow.  I’m fascinated by their growth in ways that I never am of plants.