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Time to innoculate the shiitake logs!  We actually only innoculated about a third of the year's logs Thursday since it's very wrist intensive work.  First, drilling holes in a diamond pattern.  Read more....

This post is part of our Innoculating Mushroom Logs series.  Read all of the entries: How to choose backyard mushroom varieties Preparing for your mushrooms --- cutting logs Shiitake innoculation Useful tool: Spade drill bit How to melt the wax Recording mushroom logs And don't miss the related series How to Cultivate Edible Mushrooms for Free

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