Michelle’s testimonial:
I enjoyed having on-property advice and expertise that was tailored to what we were seeing on the day. We were able to ask lots of questions, get our hands dirty and there were a few surprises along the way – Russulas!
Originally we were interested in understanding which fungi we had on the property and which of these we could eat! But the site visit really gave us another lens on what we’re trying to do to regenerate our property.
We learned how to take correct photos for ID, how to use iNaturalist and more generally how to start to up our Id skills. We also learned that we have remnant fungi we should look to protect and will change our grazing pattern with our cattle to do this. I hadn’t appreciated that there were indigenous and exotic fungi and the importance of using different types of mulch to ensure we have different microclimates to protect remnant fungi.
We want to balance self sufficiency with regenerating our property and we’ve learned that fungi play a role in helping us to achieve both!
Yes, we would absolutely recommend you. The site visit was fun, interesting, pragmatic and and you went out of your way to make a tricky subject accessible.