Grow Mushrooms at Home with Fat Moon Farm!

Grow Mushrooms at Home in 7-10 days with Elizabeth Almeida of Fat Moon Farm

Just in time for your holiday tables! 

Growing Kit Pick Up at Waltham Fields Community Farm:  Friday November 5

Online Sessions with Elizabeth Saturday 9/6; Wednesday 9/10; Saturday 9/13 (full schedule below)

$80 per household for one Oyster Mushroom grow block, spray bottle, and household entry to 3 sessions in Zoom.

$100 per household for two growing blocks (one Oyster, one Shiitake), spray bottle and household entry to 3 sessions in Zoom. 

Elizabeth Almeida is going to bring participants from start to finish, using organic growing blocks from Fat Moon Farm. Pick up your materials kit and enjoy a socially-distanced walk on the farm on Friday, November 5, then sign in to your first Zoom session with Fat Moon Farm on Saturday, November 6 for your first online workshop! Full class schedule below.

Each kit contains one organic growing block expected to grow 2-3lb of mushrooms as well as a spray bottle and an 8oz package of fresh, organic mushrooms from Fat Moon Farm.

For this workshop, your ticket includes an Oyster Mushroom grow block. Yum!

For an additional $20.00 participants can add on a second grow block and raise Shiitake Mushroom along with the Oyster Mushroom. 

A series of 3 online classes will lead you to grow, harvest, and cook your fungi with results in 7-10 days (just in time for your holiday meals!)

Pickup at Waltham Fields: Friday, November 5 between 4 and 6pm. Bring your mask and stay for a socially-distanced walk in the fresh air!

Online Session 1: Saturday, November 6  11 a.m.-12 p.m. Walks students through the life cycle of mushrooms and helps them set up their grow block for a successful harvest.

Online Session 2: Wednesday, November 10  7-8p.m. This mid-life (for mushrooms) check-in offers students a chance to share their successes and challenges, receive personalized advice, reinforce the information from the first session, and preview what to expect and do come harvest time.

Online Session 3: Saturday, November 13 11a.m-12 p.m.  The final class encourages students as they reach or approach harvest (harvest time varies from 7-10 days), provides cooking advice for a yummy finish, and instructs them on how to induce a second flush, how to propagate more mushrooms or otherwise experiment with the remaining blocks for extended learning.

We will share our virtual classroom with learners from the Middlesex Conservation District, a county level governmental organization dedicated to helping landowners address natural resource concerns by connecting them with technical and financial assistance and providing them with education on a wide variety of conservation topics, including access to native plants. We will have a little meet and greet during the first online class session with Elizabeth and get to know each other a little better and share the growing experience.  Learn more about MCD on their website.

            Minimum of 10 registrants is required by Fat Moon Farm, with limited spaces available, so register today!

            Learn more about Fat Moon Mushrooms and the beautigul fungi they grow.