One of John and Toby Garrone's sons leads one of the tours (center with bag). The bag is the most expensive component in the operation. It costs 20 cents each.
A transfer hood for transfering small batches of mushroom spawn
a small room of maitake blocks
King trumpets a.k.a. king oyster, trumpet oyster
King Trumpet
a bed of golden oyster mushrooms
Golden Oyster
Lion's Mane
Blue Oyster
Lisa's Kombucha drinks
Admiring shiitake blocks. Mr. Garrone tells us that his parents have been growing mushrooms before he was born.
Refrigerated room for storing mushrooms to be sorted and sorted mushrooms.
Sorted shiitake. They are now ready to be trucked out to farmers markets and stores.
checking out the potluck table
Christina working the grill - chicken satay, marinated shiitake, zucchini, and sausage
Raiding recycle pile of mushroom blocks