#tree stump

[greenleaf4stuff]

Not me being so deep into Adar related AU ideas and headcanons that I see this awesome bed made from a whole tree and think of his improvised throne made from a dead tree / tree stump. And then going "what if Morgoth never got his hands on him and he had this instead as an elf instead of that throne" as an AU idea.

And now I am not sure if this is making me happy or sad.

bedroom tour ♡

[killyridols]

the anniversary by kevin sloan, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 36 × 36 inches

[lindagoesmushrooming]

[nymla]

Making the mushroom treestump!

New process video of this ceramic sculpture is up on the tube - 30 minutes long, I hope it’s a relaxing watch 🌳💚

Find it at youtube.com/nymla

[plush-with-love]

Source ~ Squishables

Tree Stump

[thoughtportal]

Grinding tree stumps is usually how we deal with them. If you have land to clear on your homestead, it could become quite a chore to get these stumps taken care of. But did you know that you can eat your stumps?

Well, that is not exactly true. If you head out there and start chewing on tree stumps, they won't taste very good. And there is no method of slow cooking that will make that poplar edible or appetizing.

However, one way you can both eat your stumps and hasten their decomposition is to inoculate them with a mushroom spore. I understand that is a mouthful of words that don’t really mean much to the average person.

What I'm saying is, you can buy wooden dowels that are covered with the spores of certain types of mushrooms.

These dowels can be easily inserted into your stumps and they will begin feasting on the wood. The best part is that you will get delicious mushrooms several times a year. These spores are prolific and will produce enough mushrooms that you will need to dry them.

If you do this to a field of stumps, you better get your e-commerce ready or set a booth up at the local farmers market.

Shiitake Mushrooms retail for between 8$ and $15.

I prefer the Shiitake because it looks very distinct and I love the taste as well. They also preserve well.

Mushroom Nutrition

The Shiitake mushroom is a delicious little cap. It's full of great nutrients like copper and selenium. It's also a decent source of Vitamin B2 and B6. It contains lipids and amino acids as well.

Shiitake have played a role in Chinese medicine for millennia. There are also studies on their ability to fight tumors. For the most part, though, they are just delicious and grow with little to no effort. You can eat them, dry them, or sell them.

Tools and Supplies

Drill and Drill bit of 5/16th inch bit

Hammer

Wax

Vessel for melting wax

Small Paintbrush

Shiitake Spawn (store in fridge until ready for use)

The Process

7. That’s it! It’s not a tough process. If you can melt some wax and use a drill, you can have all the mushrooms you want.

How to Activate the Spore

It takes about 6-12 months for the spore to initially spread through your stump. So, it will take at least a year before you get any production.

Your stumps will produce in spring and in fall. You may get some sparse production in summer, but the bulk of production happens in spring and fall. The spore will need to be distributed through the stump each season and activated.

The best way to do this is to first soak your stumps thoroughly. When I do this with logs, I toss them into a small creek on my property overnight. You can water the stumps a few times a day for about 5 minutes. Just get them nice and soaked.

Next, you will want to bang the stumps. You can use a bat to hit the stump. Don’t really crack the thing and damage the stump, but give it a couple whacks on all sides. This will kickstart production.

Other Tips

After 6 months, keep an eye on the logs or you may miss the first production.

Stumps in the shade will produce best.

Too much direct sun will dry out the stump and they will not produce.

Harvest them when the cap is between 3-4 inches.

To dry, put them in a 200-degree oven until the caps are shrunken and hard.

Of course, the other payoff is that these mushrooms will hasten the decomposition of that problem stump. It won’t work as quickly as a stump grinder, but you will get years of delicious mushrooms out of it!

[blooming-lenses]

old tree stumps

2024/08/10

[jumy-m]

Jumy-M A-634

[memoriesofthepark]

Latte brackets 》 Trametes lactinea

Wow! Almost more fungus than stump at this point! What a beautiful formation. 🤍 One of the largest I've ever seen.

Southeast Texas, 30 June 2024

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Sleepy Raccoon

Raccoon curled up in a ball on a tree stump, resting.

Photographer: Kate Kelley

[vintagevixenbooks]

"Kindness is a language the blind can see, and the deaf can hear." -Mark Twain Stumped, 2025 Taken by myself using a Canon Rebel T6

[lindagoesmushrooming]

[gasmasque]

feb 5 2025 🌲

[fernweh-arcane]

Common Stump Brittlestem

Psathyrella Piluliformis

4/24/2022

[picsbymoss]

Mushrooms on the trail

[adventuresofalgy]

It was a cold, dark, dismal sort of monochrome day, with a bitterly chilling, battering wind, and Algy felt that not only was it not a fit day out "for man nor beast", but even a fluffy bird would be hard put to find anything to commend in it…

Seeking shelter from the biting, icy blasts that cut right through his fluffy feathers, Algy flew into a nearby patch of woodland where the hill sloped away from the prevailing wind, and tucked himself under the upturned stump of a tree which had fallen some years ago in a winter storm.

Although he could hardly say that he felt warm, Algy found that he was a great deal more comfortable in this wee refuge, and he soon began to relax. Observing a sheep looking rather miserable in the croft close by, he started to recite to it:

Of fret, of dark, of thorn, of chill, Complain no more; for these, O heart, Direct the random of the will As rhymes direct the rage of art. The lute's fixt fret, that runs athwart The strain and purpose of the string, For governance and nice consort Doth bar his wilful wavering. The dark hath many dear avails; The dark distils divinest dews; The dark is rich with nightingales, With dreams, and with the heavenly Muse. Bleeding with thorns of petty strife, I'll ease (as lovers do) my smart With sonnets to my lady Life Writ red in issues from the heart. What grace may lie within the chill Of favor frozen fast in scorn! When Good's a-freeze, we call it Ill! This rosy Time is glacier-born. Of fret, of dark, of thorn, of chill, Complain thou not, O heart; for these Bank-in the current of the will To uses, arts, and charities.

[Algy is reciting the poem Opposition by the 19th century American poet Sidney Lanier.]