The Dark Arts of Winter Mushroom Gardens

The Dark Arts of Winter Mushroom Gardens
Mushrooms come in all kinds of shapes and colors. Chene Taljaard/Shutterstock
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As the dark days of the year chase us indoors, we look for ways to stay connected to the earth. Seed catalogs, house plants, frozen broccoli from last year’s garden—all reminders that life goes on, and will come back around.

Let’s add mushrooms to the list of wintertime ways to plug into the cycle of life. They can be grown anywhere, which is why small mushroom farms are sprouting up everywhere, like mushrooms after a rain, connected via a large subterranean brain.

Ari LeVaux
Ari LeVaux
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Ari LeVaux writes about food in Missoula, Mont.
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