Shiitake mushrooms growing on oak logs at Half Hill Farm in Woodbury, TN If you purchased a Shiitake mushroom log from Half Hill Farm that is tagged “F14,” now…
Shiitake mushrooms growing on oak logs at Half Hill Farm in Woodbury, TN If you purchased a Shiitake mushroom log from Half Hill Farm that is tagged “F14,” now…
What better way to celebrate the first full day of Spring than inoculating some locally harvested oak with medicinal and edible mushrooms! These one foot Red Reishi, Shiitake and…
Test batch #2 of our medicinal Reishi mushroom extract infused semi-sweet chocolates came out excellent! The bitterness of the reduced dual extract (upper right) was completely complimentary to the…
2 1/2 quarts of Red Reishi extract made at Half Hill Farm. Purchase our 1:1 dual extracts. Red Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) and Turkey Tail (Trametes Versicolor) mushrooms have been…
Seeds are pretty inexpensive, and you can find just about any variety of anything in the world online. But this year we selected seeds from some of our best…
After reading our story on the front page of our local paper this week, I thought I should post some thoughts and links to supplement the section on compost…
Sunflower seeds are a great byproduct from flowers we plant to attract bees and other pollinators to the garden. Here’s how we harvest, brine and roast them to enjoy…
Elder Jones went places – Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, California, Massachusetts, Utah, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kentucky. He’s an awesome concrete artist and a little bit of an admitted hoarder….
The idea of starting a bee sanctuary at Half Hill Farm is taking on a life of its own. As we weeded the garden before the rain, I caught…
If you’ve ever wondered how many gallons of rain water fell on your roof or your property, here is some rain math I whipped up this morning to figure…