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Shiitake Donko (flower) then EcoEcho Memorial Day 2025 Winecap Woodchips Harvest along with Dandelion Tincture!

 First we got an early Spring very beautiful Shiitake big Oak tree harvest of "Donko" or "flower" Shiitake with more intense flavor from the cold air condensing the dew - hence the "flower" or Donko type that is the most expensive Shiitake to buy (when they are grown on logs). Log-grown Shiitake is by far the most medicinal since it gets more nutrients and competes more in Nature - so stronger medicine. OK the images are not loading - probably too much data for the blog format! I want to thank my CSA members for helping me - we got our first small Winecap small mushroom harvest from a neighbor's woodchip bed on a hill facing the sun. So people enjoyed - a handful of Winecap shrooms for the neighbors - to four other houses along with our house. We added ours to a pasta sauce. Winecap has a mild taste - more about texture or maybe timbre? hahaha. Then I harvested Dandelions to mix in the Vitamix Blender. Five gallons of organic Dandelions spray washed ou...