March 11, 2009

Our 1st meeting of the year, and it's a tradition that you'll learn all you ever wanted to know about morels, including the type of location you should look in to find them. Also there will be a special power point program given by Sheila Dunn highlighting some of the events and forays the club held in 2008.

ANNUAL GEORGE LANZ MOREL WEEKEND
-- AMC MEMBERS EVENT ­-
at Big Ridge State Park in Tennessee

Both cabins and camp sites (accommodating RVs, campers, or tents) are available. Cabins (limited number) may be reserved by calling 865-992-5523. Cost is $62.00 per night. Cancellations are accepted up to 10 days before the date reserved.

The main forays will be on Saturday (meet at the parking lot for a 9:30 a.m. departure). We expect to have an impromptu foray Friday afternoon (meet in the parking lot at 2:00 p.m.). Come prepared with your food for the weekend including a covered dish for a pot-luck dinner on Saturday evening.

LANDSCAPING with MUSHROOMS presented by TRADD COTTER near WEAVERVILLE
-- AMC MEMBERS EVENT --

Friday evening (optional) plus Saturday morning workshop at Sheila Dunn's enchanting home near Weaverville where will show you how to create an edible landscape on your lawn, garden or forest, guaranteed easier than growing tomatoes and peppers. Fee: $50.00.

Tradd Cotter (www.mushroommountain.com) will teach attendees how to prepare outdoor mushroom beds on wood chips, cardboard or compost using stropharia, blewitt, and morel mushrooms. For those with a vegetable or flower garden, Tradd will discuss intercropping with mushroom species and wheat bale gardening techniques. Attendees may order spawn to take home at a discounted rate ($20.00 each species) before the workshop.

SCHEDULE

May 1, Friday evening (optional),  any time after 6:00 p.m.

Casual foray in the woods (or cocktails on the gazebo), followed by an outdoor slideshow/lecture around the bonfire with Tradd and Olga. Camping on the first floor, outdoor decks, gazebo, or forest is available. Coffee and continental breakfast offered before Saturday's workshop.

May 2, Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - noon.

9:00: Mushroom Life Cycle.
Tradd will discuss the relationships between mushrooms, plants, and forest ecology. He will touch on bioremediation and recycling using mushrooms.

10:00: Wood Chip and Compost Cultivation.
How to prepare an outdoor mushroom bed made of wood chips, cardboard or compost. Species covered: King Stropharia, Blewit, and Morels.

11:00: Gardening with Mushrooms. Intercropping vegetable and herbs with mushroom species, and wheat bale gardening techniques.

12:00: End of Workshop.
Attendees may purchase spawn, books, and other mushroom related giftware before embarking on their new mushroom adventures . . . . . Now, wouldn't it be nice to walk out your back door and pick mushrooms for dinner?
      
Details on registering, ordering spawn, and location will be sent closer to the date.