Clearpool Model Forest Workshop: Shiitake Inoculation

It’s a Girl: Farm Welcomes Foal

May 15, 2019

Sunday, October 14, 2018
1:00pm - 3:00pm

Clearpool Campus
33 Clearpool Road
Carmel, New York

Please click on “Model Forest Events 18-19” when registering online.

The Lower Hudson Valley is filled with magnificent forests which benefit wildlife and filter our water supply. Our forests also support our communities and a uniquely delicious product, the shiitake mushroom. In this workshop, you will be given a hands-on introduction to producing log-grown shiitake. You will learn what makes shiitake mushrooms a fantastic local product as well as take the first steps in production by inoculating your own log.

Learn how to grow shiitake mushrooms

This introductory workshop is designed for adult participants and held in partnership with natural resource professionals from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Putnam County and the Watershed Agricultural Council. The session will include an indoor component and an outdoor demonstration, so we ask participants to dress accordingly.

Questions?

Contact Matt Smetana, Model Forest Facilitator at msmetana@greenchimneys.org or 845.216.0239

Registration

There is a $15 fee for the workshop, which includes an inoculated log to take home. Additional logs available for inoculation and purchase. Space is limited, advance registration is required.

When registering online, please be sure to click on “Model Forest Events 18-19” instead of “Public Programs”

Gracie & Reba

Donkeys Gracie and Reba have been residents of the farm since 1996 and are particularly valuable partners for the children because they offer immediate feedback on behavior. They are patient, shy and headstrong but because donkeys only acknowledge humans who appear calm, this pair helps children learn the skills necessary to approach them gently and quietly. Gracie and Reba also have an extraordinary bond and have difficulty being apart so students must keep this in mind, even for basic tasks such as walking them. If the donkeys lose sight of each other they will start calling to one another so students work together to make sure the pair can see each other for their entire journey outside.