Recently added a seated bug hotel outside the sauna at my friends retreat. It’s a mix of adding nature and function. So you have best of both worlds. In the uk this is totally fine but I can imagine if you live in the USA and you have snakes not so clever 😅 Would love to know your thoughts ?

This year, as soon as the first seed heads set I'm planning on growing microgreens from them. Personally I love dandelions, only this morning I saw a patch of the bright yellow flowers then as an afterthought noticed the daffodils growing in amongst them, not explored all the herbal applications of this plant yet but I understand that they bring up nutrients from deep in the soil via their tap roots .

I have some diy plans in the works and you guys are my testers to see if your interested. Plan 1 - raised bed build with how to treat naturally, what to fill it with and how to plant 🥕 Plan 2 - compost bay 💩 plan 3 - log store 🪵

This is year 4 after inoculation in 2022. Shiitake usually flush from year 1 or 2 and then can flush a maximum of 8years which is incredible for a one time job and then wait. The logs I used in this video is alder but I tend to use oak, alder or hornbeam. Beech and birch can also be used. but yet to try myself. I’ll post a video of how to do it and the harvest over the years Is this something you want to try?

I inoculated these shiitake mushrooms in 2022 and had a few flushes from them after year 2 but wow! This is by far the best yet! Stunning!