Shiitake Mushroom Logs after 2 Years, Transplanting and Establishing a Wild Leek Patch

[@SurvivalLilly]

Hey Shawn. Hope you are doing better health wise. ❤ you can whack those shitake stems with a hammer. 2 good whacks will send vibrations though the log and a lot of mushrooms take that as a sign that the tree has fallen. This might help with getting the log to fruit.

[@bettinah.7429]

You are absolutely right,I just brought home four,one year old inoculated and fruiting shiitake logs. I got them from a very knowledgeable woman who learned from an even more knowledgeable mentor. She said that pick the log up and “dropping it” a couple of times(on it’s end) will help it fruit. It simulates a storm or tree fall.

[@vernareed2692]

​@@bettinah.7429that reminds me of putting seeds in cold(refrigerator)then plant and it helps start them sprouting!!

[@bettinah.7429]

@@vernareed2692 cold stratification

[@Gottahandle]

Fascinating

[@bettinah.7429]

Exactly

[@cheryltaylor9286]

Love your education on earth and food and how and what it needs to grow. Thanks Shawn 😊😊😊

[@young-soonkim6730]

🎉Happy Birthday Shawn!🎉

[@ryowausa5951]

お疲れ様です☺ ギョウジャ ニンニク ですね😋 パワーアップ パワーアップ💪❗

[@jimratajski2529]

Hi Shawn. I now have 12 species of mushrooms (in fresh cut logs) on our 10 acres. Really fun project that I started 3 years ago. Northspore is a company in Maine that I use to buy the spawn bags.

[@cyndybutler7330]

Good to plan for future

[@db.mc2]

Thank you Shawn 👍 hope you're feeling better my friend. Stay safe and take care 🙏🙂

[@Legendary-lp5dg]

Have a wonderful and blessed Monday morning Shawn. Take care.

[@jennyprorock]

Ramps are everywhere here in northern Michigan. All over my back yard. Along w trillium and morels. They blanket the woods around us. Make a very nice leak and potato soup. They dry nicely too

[@alexmc6568]

Here in Switzerland baerlauch has its season, folks just harvest leaves and make pesto and other sauces using them, so the bulb remains intact.

[@KnowNothingNerd]

Hope things are going good and your health is better. Always enjoy the videos!

[@athollmcnicoll1028]

And Cali you missed that running dear that sprinted across when Daddy was talking about Mushrooms, otherwise think you might have barked a warning signal. Yes great what nature allows to be harvested if you look about you when out walking or exercising your animals.

[@ibissantos9766]

Your videos serve as a reference for me. I lived in a hut like this here in Brazil and when it comes to Brazil, the ceiling has to be higher due to the heat it is here in my country. Success friend.👍

[@halinawiecek2297]

Hello Shawn I hope you feel much better that plant you show today I love it i using usully dry, thank you for sharing the video mushroom look good take care,Callie look very happy.

[@Karen-ew9zn]

Hope you are getting better every day. My cats go out hunting in the desert here and caught something not entirely healthy and brought it home. I too was suffering from throwing up, weak, aches, etc. Just ate my first meal and was able to keep it down. No fun!! Glad we are both on the mend.

[@chillinoutdoors7464]

Love foraging for food. Especially those shrooms!

[@ЭдуардМихайлов-д1х]

с большим удовольствием смотри Ваши сюжеты. Удачи Вам.

[@marygordon3032]

Thank you Shawn, this is awesome info! 🌱🌱🌱👍👍👍🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯

[@marianfrances4959]

I used to buy large bags of dried Shitake from an Asisn market in Calgary, quite cheaply. Once i got very ill and I havent eaten them since! 👍😎🇨🇦🍄

[@claudinelombard3276]

Salut j'adore ton mode de vie ça nous fait rêver en France🗼

[@breheaton4758]

bro Shawn,sending healing prayers.lord heal your body,throw out the bugs that make you sick.jesus we prayer amen.i thank ya for lovily vedio,s hugs.stay strong..bless you an family.peace bro,Jesus love you..

[@sikamikamatisika3268]

Happy Birth Day Shawn hope you are much better take care

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Shawn . 🐺

[@JanetWilham]

I can ramps and wild leeks,,,very easy to do and won,t stink up your freezer lol.

[@AdventuresofTheGreatBanana]

I transplanted ramps in my Toronto ravine area in my backyard and surprisingly they took and I get fresh ramps every year without having to travel to Muskoka :)

[@CATherine001]

Knowing I am late missing last video so very glad to see you out and about looking much better. Being a steward of your forrest is crucial prevents fires, promotes younglings to sprout as new vegetation. Enjoy every day on your homestead 🏡

[@johncourtneyscott2757]

Shawn James…. The way you look at the future, is the way all should see it

[@lindapetersen1800]

SHAWN & OUR CALI !!! GREAT TO SEE YOU !!!

[@testolas]

Glad you are looking better.

[@Mark-xl8gg]

Wild garlic also called bear garlic here in Britain or rampsons

[@michaeltablet8577]

Hopefully you are feeling better! God' bless you and thank you for the wonderful videos!

[@Antoineoutdoors]

I harvest about 7 pound this year and I still have about 2 acres full they love to be in humid places near trees and have shade . Made dumplings for the year and froze some . The best enjoy

[@thepoetthatwasi1722]

Yes, it takes a lot of Shiit to grown mushrooms.

[@robertweldon7909]

Wow, Wild Leeks, known also as Ramps. For those who don't know about them; they are a bulbus plant resembling wild chives, with a very strong garlic/onion flavor. Here in the south eastern US they are found in the more mountainous areas. I've seen an entire hill side covered with huge patches. they are great when used sparingly in cooking, can be eaten raw (if you can handle the strong flavor) and are supposedly quite a healthy substitute for chives and green onions. I hope Shawn's patch grows and flourishes. ;-)

[@ryowausa5951]

お疲れ様です 行者ニンニクですね😋元気が出る 野菜 山菜です😋こちらでは、貴重になります🌿

[@conniewaite1371]

I thought you ate the root,but just pick the leaves?

[@michaeltablet8577]

Thanks for the info. I didn't know. Have a great day!

[@michaeltablet8577]

@@dol3980 so watch something else. A few million of us love this channel.

[@mwhyte1979]

​@@dol3980 Wow! Who pissed in your cornflakes this morning?

[@cynthiairish6341]

Hi Shawn 👋, i truly hope that your health is improving daily. Was it beaver fever as you had thought? About 4 months ago I decided to take a break from all social media so i will need to binge watch all your videos to catch up. I think it was tik tok that saw your short about being sick. Give pup a kiss on the head for me. Blessings and good health to you and your family. 🙏🙏

[@evelyndole4618]

Wow! I forgot all about your mushroom logs. I enjoyed watching you work on those logs a long time ago! Maybe you will see mushrooms this year!!!!

[@kiddobee3610]

Thanks for the mushroom update! I was not aware the entire log had to be infused with mycelium, I thought they grew out from the inoculation points. Thanks also for the PSA on the wild leeks.

[@bettinah.7429]

Ramps are delicious,I have a wonderful “honey hole” for them and trout lillies. They transplant quite well ,providing you plant them in the same type of environment. I have a patch at my city home and at my home here in North Kawartha on the lake. I just brought home four ,one year old inoculated shiitake logs. I’m excited to become a mushroom farmer,lol.

[@bettinah.7429]

Well established shiitake logs should fruit 5 years,maybe 7 if you are lucky.

[@lanetteprice7508]

We all them ramps here in West Virginia and people sell them all over you can buy them by the ziplock bag but I see them also by the bushels. I have in the past got them and dry and powdered.

[@Murphis55]

Did you ever think about growing ostrich ferns? You can eat the fiddle heads when they are young. Delicious fried in butter. Once they get going they will spread you’ll be loaded.

[@mariecreighton5222]

I make mushroom soup add onions celery pepper black seeds sprinkle cheese n top ‼️‼️😊

[@rodneywroten2994]

thanks Shawn

[@dcranch4820]

Have you ever planted any wild Ginseng plants. My dad use to buy a pound of wild seed every year and plant it all over the county. It is of some Medicinal value! I often find it when roaming my woods. If the berries are Ripe which is usually at the end of August I pick them off and replant them. Very fun to find in your woods knowing its most likly some of the wild seed your dad planted many decades ago!

[@greenrena8503]

We got some like this from a friend with a forest and put them in our herb garden. Since them we have morels grow in our garden! She didn't have them in the forest, but the scenery change seemed to have lured them out. Might be worth it to keep an eye out for some!

[@dkeller19]

love me some Ramps!!!

[@kaboom-zf2bl]

being an allium plant it makes it a garlic species ... like pepper ... a good check is to see what garlic you can get to grow wild from a single bulb ... take a head of several different types and spread them around ... where they take the allium will also take . yes shitake take 3 to 6 years to get harvest from ... and are good for harvest for 2 to 5 years ... always save a piece of the log to start a new one when you strat harvesting ... so its ready when this log is done

[@haroldfoust]

Welcome back great videos🐕

[@davidwear1461]

I am in the same boat with my mushroom logs. I’m going on 1 1/2 years and I do see some mycelium growing but no fruit.

[@markst.pierre9731]

Shawn, thank you for highlighting wild leeks-ramps. The plant is awesome and folks with a healthy population on their property are lucky. Some advice: Your transplants will grow and start a patch but there is a better way. You will have substantially less, actually no, transplant shock if you dig up the leek plants to be transplanted after the leaves turn yellow and wilt down. Also is easier; just need to put bulb in a plastic bag and pop it into a punched-out hole at the new location. no shovel, no watering, carry them in a pouch and plant them all over the place (Jonny leek planter). The goal is to get the transplants forming seeds as quick as possible and I think transplanting dormant bulbs gets to seed production faster than transplanting green plants. I transplanted some in the mid 1970's and two plants have turned into a large patch, Yup takes a long time.

[@Gottahandle]

WoW

[@TheOutdoorsman]

I bought from north spore and inoculated 5-6" diameter oak logs and got mushrooms after a year.

[@hgd4878]

We have a similar species in Austria called allium ursinum. We call it bear leek, no idea why.

[@adeildealves8798]

Alô Shawn James, feliz de te ver bem! Essa floresta não pode ficar sem você que é o ❤ dela! Aquele abraço!!!!!

[@greybeard5774]

Duvido que ele saiba português ou use um tradutor para ler seu comentário.. a maior parte do mundo ainda fala inglês :))

[@dircegouvea451]

​@@greybeard5774 olá com certeza ,ou ele entende o português,ou ele usa o tradutor, porque ele entende o meu português 😊

[@greybeard5774]

@@dircegouvea451 Tere Sullegi! Arvatavasti kasutab tõlki, sest vähe usutav, et ta portugali keelt valdab 😉

[@adeildealves8798]

@@greybeard5774 tem o que fazer não querida. Fica lendo os comentarios dos outros. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@adeildealves8798]

​@@dol3980 aquele abraço pra voce também

[@jacksg1809]

In UK we call them wild garlic

[@rt3box6tx74]

Pecans produce a bumper crop every 7 or 8 yrs. Oaks may have a similar cycle of heavy production and recovery

[@susanhamilton1822]

I wonder if you could grow truffles? Cali may be a truffle sniffing dog we just don't know. lol You sound a bit better now. Not fighting so much to get a breath. :)

[@MrEpepe]

Allium ursinum Similar to the one you described, but it reproduces with bulbs in broadleaf forest soil. It does not like warmth and thrives in moist, acidic or neutral soil. It produces 15-25 cm leaves in early spring. It is a beautiful sight when it densely covers the forest floor in patches of several hundred metres. Harvest before flowering, but leave at least one leaf after harvesting. It disappears after flowering. It smells and tastes like garlic. It is healthy to eat. Not to be confused with the leaves of Convallaria majalis or Colchicum autumnale, which are not edible.

[@larrymaxwell5535]

How can you tell the difference, can you put a website to show the differences your speaking about?

[@MrEpepe]

@@larrymaxwell5535 The only practical difference between the two plants is their geographical distribution. Shawn gave the Latin name for the North American Allium tricoccum (ramps) plant in the video (at 0:43) which I pointed out is Allium ursinum (ramson), which is common in Europe and Asia. It decorates the forest in spring, is a fun family activity to pick, and is healthy to eat. I hope Shawn's work is successful and spreads where he has planted it.

[@Lexx272]

They way to harvest leek is to Cut the leek just above the root at the base of the bulb

[@dulcineiadeabreu5851]

Que bom você vem mostra vídeo parabéns eu adoro mexe com as plantas 👏👏👏😘❤️

[@TaigaTurf]

What's your opinion of Cordyceps? 🤔

[@sipsey]

Hello

[@kevinscudamore2711]

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[@VenturiLife]

I dropped some pizza scraps on the lawn once near a tree, and a few months later a bunch of button mushrooms popped up.

[@rodneymartin3649]

Hi Shaun you anywhere near the fires. Cheers from Thailand

[@disco4535]

Hey Shawn did they doctors test you and find Giardia?

[@tinadunaway1737]

Awesome video. Hope you are feeling better take care of yourself.lots of love and hugs to you all 😊😊

[@kerstinahlstrand1626]

😀

[@canoetipper019]

I was wondering how your mushrooms were do just the other day. Cheers

[@evaferreira1030]

Cara vc é incrível. Todo seu conteúdo Brilha!!!!!!!!

[@jamesp6122]

Soak your Shiitake mushroom logs for 24 hours. Then stand them up on end and they should fruit.

[@johnhenderson3646]

Hey Shawn, do you get morels up that way? My favorite mushroom & oh how I miss hunting for them! 😢❤

[@ianhorne8364]

The only mushrooms I like right now is CHAGA mushroom

[@novathedog5743]

FYI.......ACORNS are posionous to dogs Acorns contain tannins, a type of chemical that is toxic to dogs. If eaten, acorns can cause upset tummies and, though rare, they can lead to liver and kidney failure and be fatal. It is also possible for them to cause a blockage of the intestines in smaller dogs.

[@BLASDELEZOCARTAGENA1741]

Estd tio esta loco

[@overthetop4247]

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[@alziraautachacon4862]

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[@alziraautachacon4862]

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[@BraxxJuventa]

👍😁

[@janinewelle4429]

I enjoyed the video❤️👍🙏

[@teresitacorralesmeuly446]

Hello:

[@fgb3126]

Boy you sure don't coddle your plants when you plant them. I winced as you put them in the ground! I do believe one should treat plants with more gentleness.

[@thebowerscomplex5753]

I’m hoping you get better soon. You’re still sounding a little weak. ( this coming from a guy who’s been watching since the beginning). Take care Shawn.

[@tamaragonzalez2227]

What was that animal way behind you Shawn? Was that a deer running behind you in the background while you were talking about the shitake mushrooms?

[@Roheryn100]

It was Cali…

[@kemet432]

The brown leaves can composted easily with water and urine..one part urine ten parts water or more and u can grow food while composting.. urine also helps fungal life👍

[@michaeltablet8577]

And the plants have lots of vitamin P.

[@ebony5766]

Did you ever figure out what made you sick? Could it have been the canned meat you did? I've been increasing my homemade canned goods and that is always a concern.

[@antond2154]

@ebony5766 Shawn had mentioned the cause of his illness might have been from the water from the creek down below his cabin that he might have not boiled enough that might have caused parasites in him after drinking it. He looks ok now , hope he’s feeling much better .

[@Madcaps215]

@@antond2154 That’s probably the culprit. 👍

[@2dronetek2]

@@antond2154 that's crazy cos he's out where the water should be the safest to drink. I would die in the wilderness.

[@Roheryn100]

@@2dronetek2 No water is safe to drink when animals have defecated in it. It’s a beaver meadow, and the beavers may be gone now, but they probably carried giardiasis.

[@angiekrajewski6419]

I was wondering about that because he has a Berkey. And it is well known that it does it job about filtering the water… if you go by the Berkey that is if you take water not gone through the Berkey that is another question.. … Shawn should tell us the final story about his sickness . Did he and we didn’t hear anything..

[@fredolsen9651]

You can soak your logs 12 to 24 hours, and then you can get your mushrooms within 5-14 days.

[@cooperheat7248]

HOW ARE YOU FEELING ???

[@MADZIA0606]

👋😊

[@josefreck1103]

👋🤗😁😊🇩🇪🙋‍♂️

[@bettinah.7429]

Acorns were very poor last year and very small.

[@capturehishonor9292]

Shawn, I don't know how many of these comments you are able to read, but here is mine. To me, you're having to rely upon others while showing your vulnerability, rather than being self-reliant, is so much more endearing and effective. I understand living off the grid and the land. But even before your illness, you relied upon the wisdom and help of so many others. You likely could have done none of this without this channel and your family, friends and fans. As you return to health and prowess, continue to carry with you your humility, vulnerability, and that old hat, and it will serve you well, my friend.

[@garysuderman174]

I use to cook my leeks very low heat. It took a long time but that keeps the nutrients in the food instead of cooking them out with high temperatures. I made Slow leek soup.

[@garysuderman174]

@@dol3980 Such nice people on here. Well at least 99% are

[@Roheryn100]

@@garysuderman174 There’s always the 0.1% attention seeking trolls.

[@garysuderman174]

@@Roheryn100 and bullis like you are numerous, especially in grade school. People like to attack others in order to make themselves feel better about themselves usually because they're a nothing. And they're the attention seeking children. Grow up

[@justineashton9740]

Please what is the status of your health. I am worried. Me and several million .

[@trh4982]

I did the same thing as you Shawn, with the same product and unfortunately I have nothing yet to show for it, except nice decorations.

[@lanabondar5756]

Крутой вокер я за тебя молюсь💯👌я хочу чтоб ты жил до глубокой старости в любви и здравии👍🥰💯👌

[@munchkin5674]

Have you ever pickled wild ramps. I ran across this recipe that might interest you. Pickled Ramps Ingredients • 8 ounces ramps • 2 dried red chiles • 2 bay leaves • 2 teaspoons fennel seeds • 1 teaspoon black peppercorns • 1 cup white wine vinegar • ½ cup sugar • 1 tablespoon kosher salt Preparation • Trim greens from ramps; reserve for another use-like pesto! • Pack bulbs into a heat proof 1-pint jar along with dried red chiles, bay leaves, fennel seeds, and black peppercorns. • Bring white wine vinegar, sugar, salt, and 1 cup water to a boil in a medium saucepan, stirring to dissolve. • Pour over ramps to cover. • Seal jar. • Let cool, then chill. • Do Ahead: Ramps will keep 2 weeks.

[@Fawndoe11]

How are you feeling Shawn I was very worried for you😢❤

[@israelolvera558]

😇💖😇💕❣️💗⭐❤️♥️

[@maryhernandezwalker1528]

I wonder how much you had to pay for just the property your cabin is built on.

[@rEcOiL1971]

Your AMAZON LINK is not working.

[@gdismine01]

It is not called "WILD" if you plant them from seeds.

[@jasonhannen739]

It's bulbs, not seeds.

[@gdismine01]

@@jasonhannen739 My reply remains the same.

[@kellymulderino7156]

have you tested the cabin for mold? have you tested yourself for Lyme?