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Welcome to the Rusty Garden Homestead.
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Today I want to show you how to set up
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this MycoSphere from North Spore. It's
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going to be a place where I can grow
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mushrooms, vegetables. It's tinted, it
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has a misting system, everything you
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need to grow delicious mushrooms, all
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kinds of different varieties. But the
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metal raised bed that it comes with is
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large enough to also grow vegetables.
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I'm going to show you the basic build.
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It's not a formal instructional video,
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but I want to show you how I set it up,
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a couple of tips, and then I'm going to
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show you how I plant the mushrooms in
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there. This is going to be a beautiful
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place just outside my house to grow and
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harvest mushrooms and also have
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vegetables. Let's get started by taking
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just a quick look at what's going on in
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here, then we'll get to the build and
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the planting of the mushrooms. This is
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what I'm setting up today. Use the links
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in the video description if this is
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something you're interested in. North
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Spore has all kinds of mushroom kits
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that you can grow indoors, outdoors, and
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all kinds of different setups to grow
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those mushrooms. I am really excited
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about this. It's sitting in a
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predominant place in my garden so that I
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can keep an eye on it. But what I really
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like about this is there's an automated
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misting system that comes along with it.
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So it's going to keep everything
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moist. One of the keys, and I want to
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stress this and I'll be stressing
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throughout the video, one of the keys
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for growing mushrooms is to make sure
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that the growing medium stays moist.
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They can take cold temperatures,
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freezing ground, some of the varieties,
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most of the varieties, but they really
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need moisture. So even if you're setting
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up in the sunny area,
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you can use the greenhouse
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plastic that comes with this. Has an
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insect fabric and it also has a shade
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cloth. So you can really set this up
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anywhere. Set it up with mushrooms. I've
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three different kinds of oyster
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mushrooms. You just set the fruiting
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block below the shredded hardwood in
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this case or wood chips, a golden enoki,
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if I'm saying that right, and then I've
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also set up along in the back in that
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wine cap sawdust mushroom spawn, which
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means basically I just sprinkled the
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sawdust spawn through there and I'm
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going to have winecaps coming up in
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here. In the back, I have peppers, kale,
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and onions, things that I'd like to
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saute with my mushrooms. So, this is
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going to be a nice little growing area.
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Let me show you how I set all of this
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I'm really excited to set up my
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microsphere from North Spore. You're
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going to get two boxes.
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Boxes are a little bit beat up. They
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were delivered in the rain. Box one,
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you're going to have your raised garden
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bed. You're going to get your misting
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system and the misting timer. I will put
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all this information in the video
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description, too. Then, you're going to
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get your garden bed frame cover, a bug
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netting, shade cloth, and greenhouse
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plastic in the other box. I'm going to
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be able to grow mushrooms here really
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while the temperatures allow. I don't
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think they do much in the dead of winter
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here, but the whole system is going to
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fit right into this corner. I will show
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you the build, show you how I set it up,
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and then over the years, really, please
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subscribe. I'll show you what I'm
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growing in here, how I set it up. I'm
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going to grow a mix of mushrooms and
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vegetables and herbs in there. So, I'm
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going to be using the bed for multiple
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purposes, but mushrooms are just
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something wonderful you can add to your
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garden. I'll also link in the video that
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shows you how I set up the back of my
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garden last year with wood chips, wood
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pellets, and mushroom spawn from North
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Spore. And I get mushrooms popping up
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there throughout the summer now. You
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just have to keep them fed, so to speak,
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with uh shredded wood, wood pellets, and
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the mushrooms keep coming back year
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after year. All right, let me unbox this
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and we'll start building everything
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right in that space. This is a case, and
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you'll see through the video, of do as I
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say, not as I do. So, first thing,
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you're going to get your box. You're
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going to see this big red square that I
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missed says documents enclosed. You're
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going to find these beautiful
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instructions, QR code, full video
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instructions on how to put this
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together. I recommend watching it.
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Step by step all the way through
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all the way to the timer.
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Instructional video on how to program
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it. But, this is all you need to make
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sure you don't make couple mistakes like
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I made on the way. Didn't it turn out to
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be that big of a deal?
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But, these But, these instructions will
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guide you through every step of the
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build. Here's what's in the first box.
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The metal raised bed, the misting system
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comes with a timer. And I'm going to be
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setting up the configuration to look
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just where my knife is pointing, right
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at that one. That's really the standard
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configuration that I use a lot for my
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metal raised beds in general. But, it's
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perfect for setting up the microsphere.
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And again, you can grow mushrooms in
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here. You can also grow vegetables, a
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combination of both, and I'm going to be
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It's 4:00 p.m. now, and the sun actually
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rises behind me, and then tracks all the
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and then around. And you can see some
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shades coming in. Because I'm growing
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mushrooms, I just didn't want this
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sitting in the sun. I can get 8 to 10
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hours out in my main garden. So, we're
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going to get at least 6 hours of sun
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But, shade begins to roll in. It
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actually comes from my nectarine tree
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right over there. If you look up, you
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Perfect, I think, for the combination of
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growing vegetables because it gets the
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6-plus hours of sunlight, but it doesn't
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bake in the sun, you know, the whole
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Now, this space right in here is going
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to be a little bit tight. When you do
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place this, you want to be able to get
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into the front of it and the back of it.
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The flaps lift up, makes it easy to tend
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everything. I'm going to be okay
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because, you know, I can reach in from
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the front and gather everything. And I
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don't mind if it's a little packed. I'm
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trying to utilize all the space in my
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area, so I do want to grow something
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right in here. But, it is going to be a
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All right. So, I guess I was a little
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overly optimistic if this was going to
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fit right where I wanted it. Now, the
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bad news is I'm going to have to move
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it. The good news is this is much bigger
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than I thought it was going to be. So,
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for the price of everything that you're
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getting, I really think it's worth it.
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This is going to be a huge growing space
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for mushrooms and, you know, for even
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the addition of extra vegetable plants
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or herbs in there, too. So, I'm going to
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to the front here and then, you know,
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probably dig out some of this grass.
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But, it's going to go right into this
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space. It's really, really
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large, which I'm really happy about. I
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took out the greenhouse um
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which is spectacular in itself that it's
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got strings going through there. You can
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see those checkers. I'll talk more about
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that. But, those squares really
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reinforce the plastic that's going to
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The bed's assembled, not quite in the
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place that I wanted it to uh go. It just
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never would have fit right over there.
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But, I am really impressed with the
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size. Sometimes when you see things
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online, you're not really sure how big
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they are. But, this is a great space.
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This is a really big metal raised bed
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and you're going to be able to grow so
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So, I'm happy with the place. The other
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thing you want is make sure you can get
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a hose to it because you want to hook up
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the misting system. So, you don't want
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it too far away from the property
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property. And it's also close enough to
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my house that I can just come out here,
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get mushrooms as I need them, and it's
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not, you know, sitting on the other side
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of the yard. Again, I want to show you
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all the sunlight coming into my garden,
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but in this area that I picked, it does
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get that 6-plus hours of sun,
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but the shade rolls in later on and I
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think that will benefit the mushrooms.
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I'm also going to be growing uh kale in
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here with this because I like mushrooms
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and kale uh and eggs for breakfast. I
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kind of saute that all together. So, I'm
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going to grow the vegetables and even
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some herbs, probably, that best support
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the mushrooms and how I use them. The
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bed's fully assembled.
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Put down the edging on here to protect
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from sharp edges. That's great. And to
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the beginning of the filling,
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cardboard, put down two, three layers,
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That's perfect for keeping the weeds
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down. That'll break down. Worms will
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love it. The mycelium of and the fungi
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love that, too. You can put down
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firewood. All right, I'm going to call
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it a night. It's 8:00. I'll finish the
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rest in the morning. Just wanted to show
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you what it looks like with the top
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soil. And this is just
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of top soil like this. I think it was
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I don't know, $2.99, maybe $3.25. Took
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five bags to pour into there. Has a lot
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of wood chips or wood particles in
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there. It's not great top soil for like
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growing seeds and transplants in, but
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perfect for this. And it's perfect for
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whether it's mushrooms or
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you're going to grow food in here. At
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the bottom, this is perfectly fine. That
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portion, like that bottom quarter, even
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you know, not the best stuff. This is
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all going to break down. It's going to
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hold moisture. It's going to give
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nutrients back. The deep roots of
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the vegetable plants will get to it,
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pull moisture out of there. It's not
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going to do any kind of harm. If you had
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all this stuff up higher,
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where the root systems are, it's going
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to cause problems. But down there at the
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bottom, no worries. Just the cheapest
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way, I think, to begin to fill these
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raised beds that have higher sides.
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ready for the next step in the morning.
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Have a lot of the shredded hardwood in,
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and I'll talk about how it's lower on
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one side, higher on the other side.
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I just want to be clear. I'm going to be
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experimenting with different mediums for
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growing mushrooms, with wood pellets,
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straw, hay, um the shredded hardwood.
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What's recommended is just wood chips.
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You can use a company called ChipDrop.
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They will drop chips to your area
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most of the time for free, and you can
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get plenty of the wood chips to fill the
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beds, and mushrooms do well with it.
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Mushrooms do vary sometimes on what they
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grow best with the different substrate.
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So, I'm using triple or I'm sorry, I'm
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just using plain old shredded hardwood,
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which is good to work. It's higher in
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the front because that's where the
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mushrooms are going to go.
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And there's all different ways that you
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set the mushrooms up in your bed. I'll
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be talking about that in a little bit.
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I put some shredded hardwood down there.
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That's going to hold moisture, but
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that's where the soil is going to go. If
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you can probably see it a little better.
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That's where the soil Yeah, the soil
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will go for the kale and some of all of
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the other vegetable plants. And you
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could do this either way. You could do
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a third this whole section for mushrooms
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down the center, more soil for
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vegetables, then another third, you
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know, for mushrooms or something like
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Next step, I'm going to pour some soil
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into here, bring everything up,
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and that'll pretty much be it. But
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again, I just want to stress best thing
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to fill your beds with
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are the wood chips. You can get them for
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free. Um but there's a lot of different
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ways that you can fill that, and you can
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do some research and just figure out how
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Check out some of the linked videos for
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filling raised beds. I have a lot of
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Just wanted to show you the next step. I
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was going to skip it and just fill it,
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but now I've put in the lesser quality
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topsoil, and this is great for this
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depth, you know, down to here. You
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really want the top 6-8 inches
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um 15-20 centimeters to be the quality
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stuff. So, in the middle, it's you know,
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not the best topsoil, but it's going to
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be okay. But now I'm going to put in the
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quality stuff along here.
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Be great for all the shallow roots of my
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vegetables, and then the kale and the
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onions or whatever I'm planting are
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going to go right along the space. Going
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to leave enough room to bring mulch all
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the way over cuz I'm going to be putting
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and some mushrooms like wine caps will
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grow right into the wood mulch that I'm
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covering the soil with.
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But there's soil underneath
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for my vegetable plants.
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This is a mushroom fruiting block. This
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is a king trumpet mushrooms.
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You can get these at North Spore. All
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kinds of different uh fruiting blocks
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are available and this is going to get
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sunk right into this fresh hardwood and
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I'm going to get mushrooms. This is like
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the quickest way to do it. It's really
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simple. I'm also going to be putting
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down grain spawn. I'll show you what
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that is of the wine cap mushrooms and
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that's going to go mixed into the
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shredded hardwood works. Wood chips is
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probably the best. You can create
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But you can see I got or have
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the space for my vegetables
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space for the mushrooms. Going to do
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some fruiting blocks, some grain spawn.
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And I will show you towards the end of
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the video the planting of the back
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and all the mushrooms that I'm putting
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in and that's going to be the start. All
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right, let me get back to setting up the
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Next is setting up the frame for the
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cover system and you get insect cloth,
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shade cloth and that's the greenhouse
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canopy I opened up. It is really nicely
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made. It has the string in there which
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create the checkers which give it
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strength. That's not going to tear.
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It's really nicely designed. When I open
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this up, first thought was were these
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going to be plastic or metal? They're
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Perfect. That's what you want. All
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right, so word of caution
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and for whatever reason I was just
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excited to fill this bed and decided all
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right, I'm going to just going to fill
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it first as the next part of the video.
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Now that I'm going to put in the frame
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canopy and the shade cloth and all that
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you really should do this before you
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fill it. So maybe I saved you a
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headache. It's not going to be that big
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of a deal. I'll be able to dig out where
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the post have to secure to the inside of
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the metal raised bed, you know.
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My loss of time because I didn't take
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the time to look at all the different
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parts. Now you know. So I'm going to set
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that up. But the frame looks like it,
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you know, just goes together real
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quickly. Metal. It's going to sit here.
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It's going to support anything that
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you're going to put on it. And because
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it's metal, it's going to last for a
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long time. All right, let me fix my
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mistake and get this together. The
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biggest tip I have for assembly is right
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there where my finger is. You can see
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a little tongue. And right there is the
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groove. It's going to assemble this way
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and you have to apply a little bit
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of pressure and it slides together.
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Make sure that this isn't turned over
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cuz if you try and do that, the tongue
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right here gets caught on here and it
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doesn't work. So you want it to look
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And then you end up making your piece
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that's going to be the top part of the
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frame. And then I'm going to be
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fastening the curves right onto that. So
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to attach the part of the frame that
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goes on the inside of the bed
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and creates the frame, you're going to
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hole one and hole three here. You know,
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it's really easy. You know, I screwed up
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but I could just dig the mulch away.
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However, and and again just to clarify,
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you're using the longer bolt that comes
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with the frame kit for obvious reasons
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that when you add this piece, you need a
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longer bolt to get all the way through
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and come out. And you're going to use
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the nut that comes with the metal raised
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bed. So just keep that in mind.
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Two different bolts. Larger bolt for
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attaching the frame.
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The frame's completed. Didn't take long
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me having to dig out some of the soil
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and attach it the right way. It is solid
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Wind's not going to damage this. If snow
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water's coming down, it's going to run
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off because of the design. It's going to
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hold the weight. It's perfect. Just a
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quick tip, when you're assembling
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the pieces right here, there's a little
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plastic lip right there. Make sure
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that's pointing outward. Um it just
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makes it a little bit easier and then
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this part. So, that's the part that's
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going to go point out from the metal
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But, it is solid. Next step, let's put
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up the misting system.
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Next step is the misting system and it's
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always good to laugh at yourself. So,
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here are some beautiful instructions
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with a little QR code that will take you
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to a video so you can see how to
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And it's wonderful. However,
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I didn't notice the big red square that
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And I just opened it up and I was using
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other instructions that were inside
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and they're just not as clear as this.
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So, make sure you get the right set of
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instructions. It will take you through
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it, tell you everything you need to do.
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Coming over to the misting system,
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I'm making sure that I
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broke them down into pieces. The tubing
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are different sizes. You have the clips.
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You have the regulator, the timer to
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manage when the misting comes on.
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You have the mister system there.
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And with the little nozzles and then you
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have a splitter. And I'm just going to
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follow the instructions, put this
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together real quick. Again, beautiful
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instructions are there.
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Check out the QR code. It will show you
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This is my pup Willow. She's 5 years
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old. She's a Bernedoodle.
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And she just hangs out with me as I do
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different projects. She's very, very
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The spray system is all set up. It was
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pretty easy. Used the instructional
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This is basically what it looks like
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when you're clipping them in and you're
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just assembling the hose, putting it all
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the regulator, which is also an
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instruction video that will help with
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the timing and spraying and all that,
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setting it up, programming it. I'm going
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to leave all the extra tubing there for
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now till I figure out how I want to set
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with the watering so that I can, you
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know, direct it towards my garden. I've
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got my greenhouse to the left and then I
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also have to have the water flowing here
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because this is going to
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um run, you know, throughout the day.
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But you can program it to
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really, I think, whatever you want. All
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right, so the next step really
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is to hook up the water, see how it
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The mister's working. I have it set for,
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I think, like 20 seconds, so it's going
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to turn off. You can adjust
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the angle by just pointing it down, so
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you're going to want to figure that out.
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But it looks pretty good. It's ready to
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go. I think I'm going to put on the
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because I have this white moth that
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flies around, lays eggs on my kales and
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my brassicas. Don't want them getting
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into the kale that I'm going to be be
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planting down there.
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So, let's plant this up, talk a little
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bit more about the microsphere, and
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please subscribe and follow me. I'll
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show you how everything grows in here,
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how I change out the different tops,
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greenhouse, shade cloth,
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combine them together. I think I will
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put the insect fabric down and maybe the
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greenhouse over that because it's still
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a little bit cool here at night. It will
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help out the vegetables.
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But just take a look.
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Mist looks good. Set it for however you
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Okay, I'm ready to grow. I think this is
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the best part. We're going to do the
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These are plant and grow mushroom
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starter blocks. They go right into
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the uh shredded hardwood or the wood
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chips, whatever you're using. I think I
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showed you earlier a fruiting block. Um
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I think that would actually work in
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here. I think they're similar. But,
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they're really used indoors, and I have
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an indoor system set up for that. I'm
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going to drop in four starter blocks.
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This is a blue oyster mushroom,
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pink oyster mushroom, and this is the uh
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snow oyster right there. And this is a
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variety of mushroom I've not grown
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before. This is a golden enoki, all from
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North Spore. And check out the video
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description for my code and link. You'll
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save some money. This is wine caps.
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These are That That's actually a bag of
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mushroom sawdust spawn, which I'm just
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going to sprinkle into the shredded
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hardwood here, and also populate
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all the mulch around here. I'm going to
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put down the sawdust spawn, and then
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mulch on top of that some what wood
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pellets, and I will actually get wine
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caps all over the place, and they will
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spread and move through the mulch. So,
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this is going to be a major planting
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area for my mushrooms.
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In the back here, let me step over this.
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In the vegetable section, I'm going to
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put in five peppers. That's going to be
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banana pepper, a mini red bell,
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that's going to be a full-size red bell,
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other multiple-colored mini bells, and
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another banana pepper. Kale is going to
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be dropped in between some of the
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peppers, and then onions are going to go
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in a line in the back. And that's what
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I'm going to grow vegetable-wise for now
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in this space. Let me get this all
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planted. The vegetables I have plenty of
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videos on. I'm just going to put them
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in. I will show you how to set up a
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plant grow mushroom starter block in the
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Peppers are in. I did five pepper
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plants, four dwarf blue curled kale, and
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some Granex white onions in the back.
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That's going to be perfect to go along
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with the mushrooms. And again, please
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subscribe, follow me. I've been doing
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this for 15 years. Every year,
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beginning in January, I just do a
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real-time video series really from
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January 1 to the end of December.
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Seed starting, taking care of plants,
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planting, transplants, everything you
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can think of done in real time.
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Plant N Grow Mushroom Starter Blocks,
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you're just going to dig a hole
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You don't want to break it like I just
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did there. Gently place it in there
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so that it's deep enough so that you
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going to have about 1 to 2 in, 2 1/2 to
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5 cm of the mulch over it.
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After all these are in,
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your bed down. Moisture
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is what mushrooms need most. I mean, you
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don't want to sit in soaking water. This
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is going to drain, but you really want
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totally hydrate all the wood that you're
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using or whatever medium you're using.
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And this is going to be perfect
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the oyster mushroom. I'm going to go
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through and do the rest of them.
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Label them up so I know what I have
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and then we'll uh conclude.
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Here's another Plant N Grow block, and I
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am just dropping it in there again,
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about 2 in over there.
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And I want to stress one more time, soak
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everything in nicely.
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Fourth block is going to go right here.
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And over in this corner, I've actually
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made my own fruiting blocks. I'll talk
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more about that depending on how
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successful they are. But I'm going to
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put in some of my own mushroom blocks,
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and then right in the middle, we'll
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finish up with putting down the grain
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Well, actually this is sawdust spawn.
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There's also grain spawn, but this is
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the wine cap sawdust spawn, which is
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just going to get mixed into the top 6
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in of the remaining shredded hardwood,
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and the mushrooms will grow that way.
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Wine caps are really easy to grow. I
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will link a video in the video
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description that shows you how I set up
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my paths in the back with wine cap uh
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mushroom sawdust spawn.
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There are a lot of ways to do If you're
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like doing a fresh area like right in
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there, which I'm going to do in another
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video, I am just going to scatter it
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down, rake it in, and then maybe put
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down some cardboard,
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um maybe some wood pellets, and then
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another inch or two of the hardwood
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mulch on top of that. And that's really
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You can do it again all kinds of
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different ways. Um just from experience,
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what I want to do here is I want to dig
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I don't know, about 4 in 10 cm deep. And
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I'm going to put in my first handful
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of the sawdust spawn. It's going to
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crumble. You don't really have to worry
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that much about the size. Don't over
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pulverize it, but just go ahead and drop
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it in. And then I'm just going to mix
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get it down a little bit deeper. I like
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using hardwood pellets.
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They are dry. You're going to need to
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put in a lot of water.
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You could do it now and they'll expand,
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they'll turn into sawdust.
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Wine caps really seem to love it. A lot
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of the mushrooms do. My own fruiting
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blocks that I make with the oyster
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and pouring it into these wood pellets
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and I'm making my blocks. So I would go
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do something like that.
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Come in at this point.
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I have my hose here. Excellent. Because
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I'm going to put some cardboard on top
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And if I put the cardboard on and I
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soak it in, these aren't going to expand
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cuz the cardboard will will shield it
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So I'm just going to soak everything in
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When I'm done, I'm going to go through
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and do the same thing right over
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the plant grow blocks that I put in the
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ground and just make sure there is a lot
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of moisture in here. That is going to be
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the key. I've said it I think,
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you know, three, four times already.
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You don't have to come in and water this
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every day, but you want to keep an eye
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on the moisture. When everything is
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growing, I'll be using the misting
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I just want to get a lot of water in
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there. Put down the cardboard. We're
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using the box that everything came in.
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And I'm just going to press it down like
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Another quick handful.
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Of the sawdust spawn.
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Nothing fancy. I should probably just
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press it down so it's a little bit more
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And then I'm going to add in
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some more of the mulch.
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a couple more handfuls
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And this is just to really help get
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mycelium established.
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I'm not even going to need to use the
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Let me get this out of the way.
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Couple big pieces up here, that's fine.
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And then I'm just going to mix it
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through and cover it over.
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Let me cover this over and I'll show you
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How exciting. I have the greenhouse
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cover on. I'm going to go with that.
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Going to leave the front open cuz I
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don't want everything to bake in there.
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But that should keep the moisture in and
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it's cooler here, so this will work out
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nicely. I wanted to show you the
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And I'll just do a corner here
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to soak in all of your mulch.
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If it's wood chips, it even holds less
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water than the shredded hardwood.
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And moisture is the friend
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the park could even use more right in
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here. But something like that, that's
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where the first block of oysters are.
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And watering is really what I get asked
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might be in the top three of the
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questions I get all the all the time.
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How much do I water? And there's no real
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answer to that. So, I'd like to show,
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you know, in real time how much water is
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actually going on a specific plant or in
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this case, mushrooms.
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So, that's well soaked.
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I had to get in there water on my
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So, again, please subscribe. I'll show
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in the microsphere. I think it's going
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to be great. I have four types of
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mushrooms in. I have wine caps and I'm
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putting in my own experiment over here.
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Please check out the video description
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for my link to North Spore. And oh,
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perfect timing. You see that the wind's
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It does come with everything you need to
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secure your covers down. So, that's not
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going to be an issue.
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And again, please use my link to North
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Spore and my code to save some money.
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And I hope you enjoy growing mushrooms
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in your garden. Thanks so much for
