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Online Mushroom Workshop
Online Mushroom Workshop
Online Mushroom Workshop
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Online Mushroom Workshop

Regular price $149.95

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Presented by full-time farmers and mushroom cultivation experts Mickey and Amy, this comprehensive workshop is jam-packed full with everything you need to know to grow your own delicious gourmet mushrooms at home. You don’t need a lot of space or even soil or sunlight!

Once you’re enrolled into our intuitive learning platform, you get immediate access to all the course content so you can learn at your own pace (yippee!).

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Get started straight away! All content is available from the time of purchase including:

  • 20+ in-depth videos (3+ hours of dedicated mushroom growing content)
  • Downloads and resources
  • 1 x Organic Mushroom Mini Farm + Free Shipping (worth $54.95 + shipping)
  • Access to our active discussion board and exclusive student community
  • Lifetime access to content (‘lifetime access’ means you’ll have access for as long as it’s online. We’re kinda obsessed so this might be FOREVERRR!)

SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER FRIENDLY

This course is designed for absolute beginners. We start from the very beginning (a very good place to start) and share all our tips and tricks. You’ll be an expert mushroom grower in no time!

OUR HAPPY GROWERS' PROMISE

We promise to get your fungi flourishing! We hand-on-heart believe everyone can grow their own mushrooms and we’re here to help with expert advice and know-how.

So don’t be shy, please get in touch with all your curly questions and we’ll get you growing mushrooms in no time!

SHIPPING & DELIVERY

We’re a little team doing big things here at Little Acre and we do our very best to get your goodies on their way to you ASAP.

We’ll ship out your DIY Organic Mushroom Mini Farm as soon as we can.

Gift messages

You can now add a gift message to your order 🎁 Simply enter your message at checkout and we’ll print it on a gorgeous card - free of charge!

Dispatch

We ship orders Monday to Thursday. We do not ship Fridays to avoid extending delivery times. Please note this applies to all orders, including our express post shipments.  

Click & Collect orders

Pick up your order from the Little Acre warehouse in Geebung, on Brisbane’s northside. Pick up is free - simply select ‘Pick up’ at checkout.

Pick up is available Monday to Friday, between 8:00am - 3:30pm.

Tracking information

Once your order has been shipped, you’ll receive an email with your tracking link so you can stay up to date with where your order is at.

Delivery times

Delivery times are tricky to provide these days. You’ll be able to check your unique delivery estimate provided by Australia Post via the tracking link in your email with the subject “Your order has been shipped!”.

Shipping costs

Orders under $45
Standard Shipping via Australia Post - $10.20
Express Shipping via Australia Post - $14.20

Orders $45 and over 
Standard Shipping via Australia Post - flat rate $14.20*
Express Shipping via Australia Post - flat rate $18.20*

(*This does not apply to bulk growing supplies.)

Shipping destinations

Yippee! This product can be shipped Australia-wide. And we currently do not offer international shipping, sorry team!

Learn all our mushroom growing secrets!

Full disclosure - when we first started growing mushrooms, we made a lot of mistakes. Which is a bummer for us, but great news for you! Now that we’ve been in the game for years (and grown literally tonnes of award-winning mushrooms), we want to share our secrets to mushroom growing success with you!

What’s covered in the online mushroom workshop?

MODULE 1: Welcome and introduction to the course 

Welcome! Mickey will give you an overview of the course and how to make the most of the discussion boards and resources in our the online course platform. (1 video)

MODULE 2: The Wonderful World of Fungi 

What is a mushroom? The answer might surprise you! Delve into the fascinating world of fungi and learn how we're not growing mushrooms at all, we're actually growing mycelium. What is mycelium? You're about to find out. (1 video)

MODULE 3: How can we grow mushrooms? 

How do we go from the mycelium, to mushrooms, to compost? Mickey will breakdown some mushroom growing terminology and explain the multiple steps involved to get to the end result of delicious mushrooms. (1 video)

MODULE 4: What do you feed mushrooms?

What organic materials can we grow mushrooms on and what can we add for better yields? We'll go through the pros and cons of a variety of readily available substrates to choose from. (1 video)

MODULE 5: What do we grow mushrooms in?

Growing in reusable buckets vs. commercial mushroom bags. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each and what's the best thing to use at home? (1 video)

MODULE 6: Common species we can grow

Watch in-depth videos into each mushroom species you can learn to grow at home. (8 videos)

We share our expert tips and tricks we've learnt along the way for the following species:

  • Oyster - Pleurotus osteatus
  • King Oyster - Pleurotus eryngii
  • Gold Oyster - Pleurotus citrinopileatus
  • Pink Oyster - Pleurotus djamor
  • Reishi - Ganoderma steyaertanum
  • Black Pearl Kings - Shimofuri hiritake
  • Lion's Mane - Hericium coralloides
  • Chestnuts - Pholiota adiposa

MODULE 7: Keeping it clean and preparing substrates

Pasteurisation vs Sterilisation - how to keep your work area free from common fungal competitors.
(1 video)

MODULE 8: Step-by-step Growing Tutorials

It's time to get hands-on! Follow along with Mickey as he takes you through detailed step-by-step tutorial videos to get you growing. (4 videos)

  • The Esky Method - easiest and best method for pasteurising substrates at home
  • DIY Organic Mushroom Mini Farm - make your first mushroom bucket
  • Shotgun Fruiting Chamber - create a fruiting chamber to help control your growing conditions
  • Hack your bucket - a shortcut, low-tech method to grow mushrooms without spawn

MODULE 9: Recommended products and resources 

Gear we recommend to take your mushroom growing to the next level and automate your set up.
(1 video)

Meet your teachers

Mickey Pascoe

Mickey is the main man you'll see on camera taking you through the video modules. He's got an honours degree in Marine Biology and a Masters in Natural Resource Management so nature is his "thing".

Mickey is hands-on in all aspects of mushroom growing, from culture work in the lab to building a steriliser, he's got a head full of scientific and practical knowledge to put you on the path to success.

Amy Pascoe

Amy has spent more time with mushrooms than other humans in the past few years. She manages the wholesale side of Little Acre, handpicking, packing and delivering the mushrooms direct to chefs.

Amy can tell you down to the hour when a mushroom will be perfect to pick and has extensive experience in how climatic conditions can affect your crop. Amy is on hand to answer all your growing questions on the discussion boards.

Hear from our happy growers

Masterclass

"After lots of failures growing mushrooms I now have the knowledge and confidence to succeed.
The growing kit with the course is a real winner."

 

Michael

Great!

"Thanks - excellent intro with expert know-how on how to get going as a hobbyist or serious mushroom grower."


Dave

Everything!

"I have bought a lot of things over the years but this masterclass is the best I have ever seen. You are fantastic the way you go through every step.
I bought it today 14/06/21 and watched everything from start to finish - I could not stop until I got to the finish. Thank you!"

Colin

Packed with confidence

"Thank you so much for such an engaging course! Filled with lots of great info, delivered with a high quality production and nice concise instructions."

Agnieszka

The Best Mushroom Masterclass

"It was an amazing spectacular epic mushroom masterclass."

Lucia

Awesome!

"I found the course very easy to comprehend and every step was demonstrated and explained well. Well done!"

Theresa

Hear from our happy growers

Everything!

"I have bought a lot of things over the years but this masterclass is the best I have ever seen. You are fantastic the way you go through every step.
I bought it today 14/06/21 and watched everything from start to finish - I could not stop until I got to the finish. Thank you!"

Colin

Great!

"Thanks - excellent intro with expert know-how on how to get going as a hobbyist or serious mushroom grower."

Dave

Masterclass

"After lots of failures growing mushrooms I now have the knowledge and confidence to succeed. The growing kit with the course is a real winner."

Michael

Packed with confidence

"Thank you so much for such an engaging course! Filled with lots of great info, delivered with a high quality production and nice concise instructions."

Agnieszka

The Best Mushroom Masterclass

"It was an amazing spectacular epic mushroom masterclass."

Lucia

Awesome!

"I found the course very easy to comprehend and every step was demonstrated and explained well. Well done!"

Theresa

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