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-===== About n-g-g ===== +===== Natalia Borissova's notes about Non Green Gardening (NGG) during 'Gardener and Machinist in Residence' at Time's up =====
-http://aavv.multiplace.org/drupal/node/133+
  
-==== Visit#1 14-18.3 aims to: ====+  * [[non_green_revolution|The Non-Green (R)evolution]] 
 +  * more notes at http://aa-vv.org/node/133
  
-  * Meet the site and analyze the garden from the 'fungamental' perspective (substrates, sun/shadow, wind, humidity, type of plants, trees, garden wastes, inhabitants, conditions for myco/perma-oriented creativity)  +==== Visit#1 14.-18.3.12 aims to: ==== 
-  * Determine suitable, desirable mushroom varieties and locations for the next visit dedicated to the practical integration and association of mushrooms and plants. + 
 +  * Meet the site and analyze the given environment from the 'fungamental' perspective (sun/shadow, wind, humidity, type of plants, trees, garden wastes, inhabitants, conditions for myco/perma-oriented creativity)  
 +  * Determine suitable, desirable mushroom varieties and locations for the next visit devoted to the practical integration and association of mushrooms and plants 
   * Inoculate some available logs for the indoor/outdoor colonization    * Inoculate some available logs for the indoor/outdoor colonization 
-  * Sketch out the project's timeline, milestones and 'events'+  * Sketch out NGG timeline, milestones and 'events' up to October 2012
   * Harvest some more logs   * Harvest some more logs
   * Theoretical research    * Theoretical research 
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 === List for materials making a mushroom log indoor:=== === List for materials making a mushroom log indoor:===
    
-  * Logs+  * Logs (hardwood)
   * Sawdust and wood chips (hardwood)   * Sawdust and wood chips (hardwood)
-  * Spawn  +  * Mushroom spawn  
-  * Wood twist drill/<del>14 mm</del> 10 mm+  * Wood twist drill/10 mm
   * Beeswax   * Beeswax
   * Paintbrush   * Paintbrush
   * Mallet (preferably with a rubber head)   * Mallet (preferably with a rubber head)
-  * Heat source 
   * Some covering material for the logs to keep moist (transparent garbage bags or so)   * Some covering material for the logs to keep moist (transparent garbage bags or so)
-  * 3-4 flower pots (or any found containers, or Pflanz-taschen set) big enough to be used for putting 1/3 logs upright into it and keep indoor.+  * 3-4 flower pots (or any found containers, or Pflanz-taschen set) big enough to be used for putting 1/3 logs upright into it to keep indoor.
   * Chainsaw    * Chainsaw 
-  * Hydrogen peroxide (optional)+  * 3% Hydrogen peroxide 
   * Moisture meter/Feuchtigkeitsmesser (optional)   * Moisture meter/Feuchtigkeitsmesser (optional)
 +  * Heat source around ( to melt the beeswax)
  
-=== Host-logs available for the visit 14-18.3 ===+=== Host-logs available for the visit 14-18.3.12 ===
  
   * Ash (2x100/20sm)   * Ash (2x100/20sm)
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   * Birch   * Birch
  
-=== Mushroom species ordered ===+=== Mushroom spawns ordered ===
  
   * 1 **Changeable agaric** mushroom, 50 inoculated plugs   * 1 **Changeable agaric** mushroom, 50 inoculated plugs
-  * 1 **Nameko**, 50 inoculatedv plugs+  * 1 **Nameko**, 50 inoculated plugs
   * 1 **Elm oyster** mushroom, 50 inoculated plugs   * 1 **Elm oyster** mushroom, 50 inoculated plugs
  
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 ==== Meeting notes (Tim, Marc, Natalia) ==== ==== Meeting notes (Tim, Marc, Natalia) ====
  
-Beginning of May: planting garden and mushrooms +Beginning of May: garden and mushrooms 
-Inside: quickly growing. Multiple types, different methods+Inside: quickly growing. Multiple types, different methods and substrates
 Calendar of various results. Keeping track of what works:  Calendar of various results. Keeping track of what works: 
    * Wood type    * Wood type
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    * Location    * Location
    * Method    * Method
-   * How to sit the logs, type of bed layered, content and construction+   * Substrate recipes 
 +   * How to sit the mushroom logs, type of bed layered, content and construction
  
 ==== Plans ==== ==== Plans ====
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       * Inoculated logs upright, 1/3 flower pots indoor and in soil outside       * Inoculated logs upright, 1/3 flower pots indoor and in soil outside
       * Substrates       * Substrates
-      * 5 mushroom types: Elm oyster, (King stropharia, Shaggy mane - next visit/garden), Nameko, Shiitake (slimy and delicious), Leion's mane, Changeable agric. Mixing mushroom types is not good. +      * Mushroom types: Elm oyster, (King stropharia, Shaggy mane - next visit/garden), Nameko, Shiitake (slimy and delicious), Leion's mane, Changeable agaric. Mixing mushroom mysilia is not good. 
       * Some logs partially buried (soil, pots, in/outdoor) first meeting       * Some logs partially buried (soil, pots, in/outdoor) first meeting
-   * Tomato beds: half-half wooden chips-sawdust, mycelium and soil (pizza-bed.) Layers for mycelium: soil, wood chips, inoculated grains, wood chips, paper/card with holes, soil with plants into the holes: tomatoes, basil,... extra foods, e.g. dog food/cat soup should be good for mushrooms+   * Tomato beds: half-half wooden chips-sawdust, mycelium and soil (pizza-bed). Layers for mycelium: soil, wood chips, inoculated grains, wood chips, paper/card with holes, soil with plants into the holes: tomatoes, basil,... extra foods, e.g. dog food/cat soup should be good for mushrooms
    * Make connection with Mykologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft, Botanischer Garten in Linz and local fungi-addicted people    * Make connection with Mykologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft, Botanischer Garten in Linz and local fungi-addicted people
 +
 ==== Timeplan ==== ==== Timeplan ====
  
-   * 14-18.3  +   * 14-18.3.12  
-      * Inoculate (all) the logs we have. these logs should be stored where appropriate.+      * Inoculate the logs we have and store them where appropriate.
       * Some logs buried - need some sawdust.       * Some logs buried - need some sawdust.
       * Prepare the first log-beds out the back       * Prepare the first log-beds out the back
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    * Mid April fresh sawdust and wood chips - 2 weeks beforehand is optimal. 3 weeks less so but okay.    * Mid April fresh sawdust and wood chips - 2 weeks beforehand is optimal. 3 weeks less so but okay.
-   * Also collect espresso grounds - helps balance the soil pH - get a few days before Natalia arrives.+   * Also collect used espresso grounds.
  
    * 1st week in May    * 1st week in May
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      * Setting up more or less everything!      * Setting up more or less everything!
      * Workshop on 5th May - 'Spawn-2-substrate techniques, low-tek propagation'      * Workshop on 5th May - 'Spawn-2-substrate techniques, low-tek propagation'
-     * Materials all prepared: plugs, logs, beeswax, chips, sawdust, coffee grounds +     * Materials all prepared: spawn, logs, beeswax, chips, sawdust, coffee grounds
-     * Cap for spore printing or for more mycelium+
      * Workshop for people to come and take home a next generation      * Workshop for people to come and take home a next generation
-     * Try making plugs and the inoculated grains - this might be too hard 
      * Workshop people making the logs for us and maybe taking one with them - knowledge exchange      * Workshop people making the logs for us and maybe taking one with them - knowledge exchange
-     * Indoor wood chips and grains - this is for the June clone party +     * Indoor wood chips and grains - this is for the June 'clone party' 
-     * Get in contact with Leos friend (mushroom expert) - get details off Leo / set a time for an informal meeting+     * Get in contact with Leos friend (mushroom expert) - get details off Leo/set a time for an informal meeting
  
-   * Third phase depends on when the mushrooms come. 6 weeks later for indoor. Outdoor will be even later - late August through October. +   * Third phase depends on when the mushrooms come. 2 weeks later for indoor. Outdoor will be even later (2 month) - late July through October. 
-   * Logs might take 1-2 years to start and be (fully) productive.+   * Logs might take 0.5 years to start and be (fully) productive.
      * Cloning event in June - say around 18-27 June      * Cloning event in June - say around 18-27 June
-     * We will see the mycelium 2 weeks beforehand. it looks like a cake. Then shock it (light, maybe cold), open it slightly (fresh air), wait a few days 3-4, then pinning. then 7 days to the mushroom. 4-5 days of mushrooms before they dry out. +     * We will see the mycelium 2 weeks beforehand. It looks like a cake. Then shock it (light, maybe cold), open it slightly (fresh air), wait a few days 3-4, then pinning. Then 7 days to the mushroom. 5-7 days of mushrooms before they dry out. 
      * Cloning from stems.      * Cloning from stems.
      * Main event mid/end September. Details to follow.      * Main event mid/end September. Details to follow.
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 Pix:  Pix: 
  
-http://aavv.multiplace.org/drupal/node/147+http://aa-vv.org/node/147 
 + 
 +http://www.flickr.com/photos/times_up/sets/72157629601830295/
  
-http://www.flickr.com/photos/times_up/sets/72157629601830295/  
  
 ==== Visit#2 4-13.5 aims to: ==== ==== Visit#2 4-13.5 aims to: ====
 + 
 +  * 'SHROM-SHROOM' WORKSHOP: Some non-sterile methods and simple procedures, fast-to-grow mushroom-varieties, experimental substrates and growing mediums for starting up your potential non-green-garden at home, yard and any other in/outdoor habitat. 
 +  * NGG indoor
 +  * NGG inter-planted with GG. Bed-culture outdoor. (Artificial beds in front - experimental 'hanging myco-bed' with (plants/kitchen greens and mushrooms interplanted)
 +  * Myco bed-culture outdoor ('Stopharia path', Stopharia straw bed, 'Hugelkultur raised bed'=potato interplanted with mushrooms oysters)
  
-  * Workshop: Some non-sterile methods and simple procedures, fast-to-grow mushroom-varieties, experimental substrates and growing mediums for starting up your potential non-green-garden at home, yard and any other in/outdoor habitat.  +=== Material for the workshop and indoor garden: ===
-  * n-g-g indoor +
-  * n-g-g bed-culture outdoor+
  
-=== List for materials making a mushroom log indoor:===+  * Mushrooms spawn  
 +  * Fresh (Wheat) straw 
 +  * Hardwood chips 
 +  * Hardwood, sawdust or Hartholz-Pellets 
 +  * Hardwood logs, 10-20 cm diameter x 50-60 cm long 
 +  * Coconut coir/kokosfaser 
 +  * Lime (limestone)/calcium carbonate (CaCO3)/garten kalk/kalkhydrat (affects soil pH) 
 +  * Garden gypsum aka calcium sulfate (CaSO4) 
 +  * Recycled pelleted paper fiber (optional) 
 +  * Used coffee grains  
 +  * Vermiculite (optional) 
 +  * Paper/nursery pots (optional) 
 +  * Paper plates or plastic plates 
 +  * Ordinary trash bags (transparent) 
 +  * 3% peroxide solution 
 +  * Old cotton pillow (to soak straw and w. chips) 
 +  * Paper grocery or paper lawn sized bags (to cover totem-logs) 
 +  * Plastic bags, black or white, sized (to completely enclose totem-logs and 
 +close over the top) 
 +  * Bran(Kleie) 
 +  * Hay mini-bales (optional) 
 +  * Color pHast strips with a pH 4 to 10 range to measure the soil pH 
 +  * Horse poo (optional) 
 +  * Cow poo (optional) 
 +  * Chicken manure (optional) 
 +  * Wild bird seed 
 +  * Vegetable oil (optional) 
 +  * Kelp meal (optional)
  
-1) material for the workshop + indoor garden+//to collect://
  
--mushrooms spawn + +  * Cardboard boxes/egg-boxes 
--fresh (Wheat) straw +  * Egg shells 
--hardwood-chips +  * Coffee (clean pot/bag. do not mix it with anything else. keep it covered) 
--hardwood-sawdust=Hartholz-Pellets +  * Newspapers 
--logs, 20-30 cm diameter x 50-60 cm  +  * Cotton waste (cloth etc) 
--coconut coir/kokosfaser +  * Containers/Laundry baskets with holes 
--lime (limestone)/calcium carbonate (CaCO3)/garten kalk/kalkhydrat (mineral used to improve an acid soil) +  * Human/animal urine (the fresh one;) 
--garden gypsum aka calcium sulfate (CaSO4) (It provides calcium & sulfur, both essential nutrients, but does not affect soil pH. This can be very helpful in improving soil tilth, reducing soil compaction, & improving aeration.) +  * Dry (oak) leaves (parks, forest)
--recycled pelleted paper fiber (optional) +
--used coffee grains  +
--vermiculite + +
--paper/nursery pots +
--paper plates  +
--plastic plates +
--ordinary trash bags +
--3% peroxide solution +
--old cotton pillow (to soak straw) +
--paper grocery or paper lawn sized bags (to cover totem-logs) +
--plastic bags, black or white, sized (to completely enclose totem-logs and +
-close over the top) +
--bran(Kleie)/rice bran+
  
-optional:+=== Artificial mixed-garden in front - 'hanging myco-beds with kitchen garden and mushrooms interplanted === 
  
--hay mini-bales (optional) +For instance: 
--color pHast strips with a pH 4 to 10 range to measure the soil pH (optional) +  * Spawn (Stropharia) 
--horse poo  +  * Fresh (Wheat) straw 
--cow poo +  * Fresh hardwood chips (up to 6 months’ old Alder, Maple, Birch, Cottonwood, Ash no more than 20% of pile) 
--chicken manure +  * Cardboards 
--wild bird seed +  * plants can be used:  
--vegetable oil +  * 3 x tomatoes  
--kelp meal+  * 3 x basil 
 +  * 1 x oregano 
 +  * 1 x thyme 
 +  * 1 x garlic/onion 
 +  * <del>1 x eggplant</del> (try to find a substitute if you do not like it) 
 +  * <del>1 x zucchini</del> (try to find a substitute if you do not like it) 
 +  * 1 x marjoram 
 +  * Compost (later on)
  
-to collect:+=== Beds in the back of the building === 
  
--cardboard boxes  +// 'Stopharia path'//
--egg-boxes +
--egg shells +
--coffee (clean pot/bag. do not mix it with anything else. keep it covered) +
--rain water +
--newspapers +
--cotton waste (cloth etc) +
--old garbage/laundry baskets with holes +
--human/animal urine (the fresh one;) +
--dry oak leaves (parks, forest)+
  
-2) artificial mixed-garden in front - 'hanging permaculture-bed/s with plants/kitchen garden and mushrooms interplanted.+  * Spawn (Stropharia rugusoannulata) 
 +  * Mixed hardwood (work best)  
 +  * Dog or/and cat food soup as a fertilizer (optional) 
 +  * Weeds/cardboard
  
--spawn (Stropharia) +//'Stopharia straw bed'//
--fresh (Wheat) straw +
--fresh hardwood chips (up to 6 months’ old Alder, Maple, Birch, Cottonwood, Ash +
-no more than 20% of pile) +
--cardboard +
--plants can be used:  +
---3 x tomatoes  +
---3 x basil +
---1 x oregano +
---1 x thyme +
---1 x garlic/onion +
---1 x eggplant  +
---1 x zucchini +
---1 x marjoram +
--compost (later on)+
  
 +  * spawn (Stropharia rugusoannulata)
 +  * fresh wheat straw
 +  * cover (old sesame bags, cloth, cardboards, grass shade)
  
-3) beds in the back of the building+//'Hugelkultur raised bed' - potato interplanted with mushrooms (oysters)//
  
-'Stopharia path'+''//we can try to experiment with hugelkultur raised (up to 2m high) bed 
 +potato interplanted with mushrooms (for urban conditions = it can be built 
 +on top of bare ground, concrete, gravel or hanging..)''
  
--spawn (Stropharia rugusoannulata) +  * Rotting wood/branches/woody debris 
--mixed hardwood (work best)  +  * Leaves, straw, woodchips, manure, and or compost and soil 
--dog food soup (freely available from transfer and recycling centers) +  * Wood ash 
--or/and cat food soup +  * Weeds 
--weeds/cardboard+  * Hedge clippings  
 +  * Garden soil  
 +  * Coffee grounds 
 +  * Compost and or manure 
 +  * Diluted pee 
 +  * Crushed egg shells 
 +  * Some logs for the edges (can be mushrooms inoculated) 
 +  * Mulch inoculated with gourmet mushrooms  
 +  * Veggies
  
-'Stopharia straw bed'+=== Mushroom species ordered: === 
  
--spawn (Stropharia rugusoannulata) +  * 3 x Brown stew fungus, straw spawn 1 litre 
--fresh Wheat straw +  * 1 x Oyster mushroom "Florida" 1 litre 
--cover (old sesame bags, cloth, cardboards, grass shade)+  * 1 x Pleurotus pulmonarius 1 litre 
 +  * 2 x Pink oyster mushroom, grain spawn 1 litre 
 +  * 1 x Elm oyster mushroom, grain spawn 1 litre 
 +  * 1 x Oyster mushroom, grain spawn 1 litre
  
-'Hugelkultur raised bed' - potato interplanted with mushrooms (oysters)+=== Inoculation workshop schedule: ===  
 + 
 +  * 1-2 pm - short intro to mushrooms and 'home-cultivation TEK' 
 +  * 2-3.30 pm - hand's on participative demonstrations of log-inoculation methods (bolt, totem and wedge) 
 +  * 30 min - coffee break (to 'produce' coffee grains for the 2d part of the workshop) 
 +  * 4 – 4.30 pm hands-on demonstrations of inoculation  
 +  * 4.30 – 6/7 pm - inoculation party = 'make your hands clean' experimenting with several recipes of the bulk substrates and mushroom species for the indoor and outdoor growing.  
 + 
 +More details and images at: 
 + 
 +[[http://aa-vv.org/node/153]] 
 +[[http://aa-vv.org/node/38]] 
 +[[http://aa-vv.org/node/151]] 
 + 
 + 
 +==== Visit#3 23.-30.5.12 aims to: ==== 
 + 
 +  * Maintenance of the fungal colonies indoor: transferring inoculated mediums from the incubation room/period to the growing-room/period and birthing the fungal mycelium. 
 +  * Maintenance of the fungal colonies outdoor (logs and mushroom beds at the backside of the building). 
 +  * Finishing the experimental design of the mushroom-hugelkulture bed.  
 +  * The interplanting of mushrooms with plants at the suspended and hugel-bed/s. 
 +  * Theoretical research and process documentation along the way. 
 +  * Writing a set of instructions on 'how to maintain in/outdoor mushrooms in order to support the few more indoor-flushes and prepare for the outdoor-fruiting in middle summer. (I'll be away till the middle of August). 
 + 
 +==== Visit#4 08.->12.10 and 21.->22.10.12 ==== 
 + 
 +  * Over viewing and organizing of all the 'myco-experience' @ TU-and-Home NGG into on-/off line smth. 
 +  * 'Lets have a nice "fest"' = (un-)presentation while harvesting, cooking and consuming fruits of all over summer labor of NGG and GG. 
 +  * Preparing beds and logs for winter. 
 +  * What's 'next'? 
 + 
 +==== Evaluation: ==== 
 + 
 +http://lib.fo.am/resilients/non_green_revolution 
 +http://lib.fo.am/resilients/go_ask_a_mushroom
  
-we can try to experiment with hugelkultur raised (can be 2m high) bed 
-potato interplanted with mushrooms (for urban conditions = it can be built 
-on top of bare ground, concrete, gravel or hanging..).perfect for potato as well as cucumbers and legumes 
  
--rotting wood/branches/woody debris 
--leaves, straw, woodchips, manure, and or compost and soil 
--wood ash 
--weeds 
--hedge clippings, garden soil and coffee grounds 
--topsoil, compost, and or manure 
--diluted pee 
--crushed egg shells 
--some logs for the edges (can be mushrooms inoculated) 
--mulch inoculated with gourmet mushrooms  
--potato 
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