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Weekend #7: Soil Biology, Composting, Compost Teas, Mushroom Medicines and Cultivation


  • Raven's Roots Naturalist School 3577 Aldergrove Road Ferndale United States (map)

Location: Raven's Roots Campus (Ferndale, WA)

  • Composting methods (thermal and vermicomposting)

  • Compost teas

  • Hugelkultur

  • Introduction to the Soil Food Web.

  • Studying soil microbiology using a microscope. Students bring in samples to test.

  • Cultivating edible mushrooms: lion’s mane. oyster and shiitake. Students go home with inoculated logs.

  • Making mushroom medicines.

  • Making foods with mushrooms