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By Ellen Wells

In this podcast, Ellen Wells shows us how to grow your own mushrooms on logs, starting with acquiring the logs...

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When you’re raised on a farm, you can’t help but know a thing or two about gardening. Ellen Wells is our expert on edible gardening.…

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