Maharakeke Mushrooms

13/10/2024

My mushrooms looking delicious 😋

🫒 Our Oyster Mushroom Burger is Back!** 🍔

You asked, and we listened! Our delicious Oyster Mushroom Burger has returned to the menu at Olive Tree Cafe. Packed with fresh, locally sourced ingredients and bursting with flavor, it’s the perfect plant-based treat! 🙌

Come by and grab yours today—your taste buds will thank you! 😋

📍 Available for dine-in or takeaway!

17/09/2024

Spring snow, will be in shed this afternoon inoculating, yikes.

04/06/2024

Thank you for supporting me through this last season. Now enjoying my winter break, see you in Spring. RealNZ MycoLogic - Mushroom Cultivation and Research ComplEat Wellness Hopefield H**p

A passion for the growing process has a Southland mushroom grower hooked.

11/04/2024

Delicious and Nutrient Dense Maharakeke Mushrooms - NZ Native Oyster Mushrooms back in stock.
Oyster mushrooms are a good source of vegetarian protein as well as being rich in B vitamins , minerals and Fibre.

27/03/2024

Kiwi ingenuity, using an electric outboard motor to stir the hydrated lime.

05/03/2024

Cleaned out the shed to make way for the newly harvested/baled wheat straw. Now snug as a bug in a rug!

30/10/2023

The mushrooms are back! I can't wait to fill the grow room for you. A big thank you to Blair and Jody Drysdale of Hopefield H**p for donating barley straw. Also thank you to my customers for sticking with me during this stressful time especially RealNZ.

So grateful to be a small business in Southland. Without the support of my customers and other small businesses I would not be able to continue what I love doing, producing fresh native mushrooms for everyone.

05/09/2023

WINTER RECAP - Spring is here but I had a busy winter converting the grow room from shelving to hanging the straw logs and trialling the new basket/tank system. My new method of pasteurisation and inoculation is much faster so I can now do bigger batches. Unfortunately, I had 6 weeks of contamination issues which thankfully I have resolved (always the last thing to check) and so now it is all go for the tourism season. Look forward to seeing everyone again on my deliveries.

02/05/2023

Had the privilege to donate produce and be invited to Savour the South Degustation Luncheon on Sunday. Great event and the food was divine 😋

20/04/2023

Trial run with half a load. The big question is will it be able to be lifted out tomorrow? 🤣

15/04/2023

Shed update. 😁

30/03/2023

Starting the building process on our new shed.

24/03/2023

Playing around with the new set up to see if it will work. 😀

20/03/2023

Get out and buy the March issue of NZ Gardener magazine featuring Bart of MycoLogic - Mushroom Cultivation and Research supplier of our lovely native oyster mushroom spawn. 😀

It was a pleasure to be given the opportunity to write a feature piece about home scale mushroom growing for this month's NZ Gardener magazine. I enjoyed rising to the challenge of providing a 'crash course' in mushroom biology and cultivation which would be digestible by a wide audience, but also in-depth enough to leave the reader equipped with genuinely useful knowledge. I can only hope that I managed to strike that balance, you be the judge! Keep an eye out for copies at your local supermarket or magazine dealer... Only $8.50 for some hot mushroom growing tips! Credit to Selkie the mushroom dog who proof read and edited the article in exchange for treats 🤓😎

16/03/2023

Dad working on my new straw basket for 1000l tank. Can't wait to grow even more mushrooms.

22/01/2023

Harvested this large beauty today.

09/01/2023

Look how easy it is to use our yummy mushrooms courtesy of Leisa at ComplEat Wellness 😀

Yes it’s food spam 😂
Finished work at 7 and really could not be bothered making dinner - know that feeling ?

Anyway luckily the teens had not seen the cold chop in the fridge so that was problem one solved (some protein )
And thanks to having some amazing local fresh produce in my fridge and garden - a quick stir fry resulted in a meal in under 15 min - can’t get much faster fast food than that .
NB if your teens get to your cold chops before you - a couple of poached eggs or fried eggs on top of this would have been perfect also.

The moral off this story “ fast food can also be healthy food”
Perhaps another takeaway could also be - on busy days pre prep some food, even if it’s just in your head as an idea ready to execute when you get home.

Got some protein + Got some veg = got a meal .

Thanks Amalia Organics, Maharakeke Mushrooms and Kylie’s Garden
Amalia Organics

03/11/2022

So excited for my fellow native grower Tann of Mushrooms & avos who is appearing on Country Calendar this Sunday. For the past two years a small group of us native mushroom growers (Ellen, Esperanza, Sally, Sharn, Stephanie and Tann) have been sharing advice and supporting each other in our mushroom endeavors. Tann has been there for Maharakeke so grab your popcorn and watch Country Calendar this Sunday. 😀