Workshops
5-Gallon Bucket Oyster Logs
Late Fall / Winter only
$20 per adult, includes 1 log (children not making their own log may attend for free - we request a headcount at checkout)
Bring your own 5-gallon bucket and we supply the rest to make a take-home mini oyster log
Includes brief info session, growing & cooking tips, Q&A, printed care sheet
Logs incubate in the bucket indoors 4-6 months until spring, then are removed from the bucket and placed outdoors in a humid habitat
Logs can fruit for 2-4 years
A mini oyster log is a perfect introduction to the wild world of growing mushrooms on logs. Our first make and take mushroom logs were created by visitors to the Grafton Gargantuan Garlic Festival in 2025. Like many first time log grows, some made it and some did not. We work consistently to improve our processes with each workshop and offer in-person support in our growers-only Facebook group to help increase customer success.
Wine Cap Beds
May -June, August-early October
$18 Individual, $25 Couple / Family / Friend Group (we request a head count at checkout)
Includes (1) 2.5 lb container of wine cap media to build a bed at home, printed quick reference guide, growers-only FB group
Hands-on bed building demo at the workshop site, brief info session, growing and cooking tips, Q&A
Extra media available at a discounted workshop price
Wine cap beds are our newest workshop offering. After growing them ourselves for 6 years, making our own spawn for 3, and capturing our own hearty native New Hampshire strain, we're confident that many future growers will have the joy of filling a basket with this easygoing tender, red-capped jewel of a mushroom. Our first workshop took place at Ruggles Mine on August 1st, 2026. The beds are well colonized and are looking good to fruit in spring. Check out a video of the beds here.
Address
180 Turnpike Rd. Grafton, NH 03240