Grow your own mushrooms at home – free starter guide

Oyster mushrooms in a bucket in the laundry, shiitake logs stacked down the side of the house, winecaps popping up along the garden path… growing mushrooms at home is easier than you might think, and you can start with not much more than a bucket and a bag of spawn.

So we’ve made you a free guide that walks you through getting started – have a peek inside 👀

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So what’s inside? The same low-waste methods we’ve been growing with, and teaching, since 2011:

  • All the steps for our three favourite ways to grow – in recycled buckets, on logs, and straight into your garden.
  • Simple DIY techniques you can do at home, with no lab and no expensive equipment needed.
  • Growing methods that work wherever you live and whatever space you’ve got… a laundry absolutely counts.
  • How homegrown mushrooms build your household resilience – real food and real medicine, grown at your place.
  • And a list of ace extra resources to keep you going (and eating!) well past your first flush.

Because everyone can grow mushrooms – yes, including you, right where you are.

And if you get stuck along the way, just ask… helping folks learn new skills is what we do.

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