From the beginning

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A few of the first photos from our process — testing blocks, dialing in the tent, and watching the first oysters come through.

Early tabletop fruiting tent with a spray bottle and inoculated mushroom blocks lined up inside, lit by soft daylight
Our first fruiting tent — testing humidity and airflow on the very first batch of blocks.
Close-up of inoculated grain bags resting on a workbench alongside the tools used during sterile cultivation
Inoculated grain bags ready to colonize, prepped in our small home lab.
Hands carefully tending mushroom blocks inside the fruiting tent during a morning misting
Morning rounds — misting blocks and checking each pin set for healthy growth.
Cluster of fresh oyster mushrooms photographed up close in soft natural light
First flush of oyster mushrooms, photographed minutes after harvest.
Detailed underside view of oyster mushrooms showing layered caps and delicate white gills
The underside of an oyster cluster — gills that tell you the harvest timing was just right.
Interior of our grow tent showing wire shelves stacked with colonizing mushroom blocks under reflective walls and circulation fans
Inside the grow tent — colonizing blocks staged on shelves, ready to fruit.
Mobile app dashboard showing live temperature, humidity, and VPD readings from our grow tent environmental controller
Dialing in the environment — live temperature, humidity, and VPD from the tent controller.