GMSL #14: Mushroom Cultivation & Making Your Own Fertilizer
About this Event
Join Harlem River Farms for Grow More, Spend Less #14, a hands-on session focused on growing more food from the plants we already love.
Eventbrite Description
Join Harlem River Farms for Grow More, Spend Less #14 on Thursday, July 9, as we explore two powerful ways to improve your home or community garden: mushroom cultivation and making your own fertilizer through Bokashi composting.
Our featured speaker, Pat Guillory, will lead a hands-on session showing how mushrooms can be grown and how Bokashi composting can help transform food scraps into a nutrient-rich resource for your soil.
This session is designed for beginners, backyard growers, community gardeners, small-space gardeners, and anyone looking for practical ways to reduce waste, build soil, and save money.
What You’ll Learn
How mushroom cultivation works
What materials are needed to get started
How Bokashi composting turns food scraps into fertilizer
How homemade fertilizer can support healthier soil and stronger plants
Ways to reduce food waste while improving your garden
Hands-On Activities / Demonstrations
Mushroom cultivation demonstration
Bokashi composting demonstration
Discussion on using homemade fertilizer in garden beds and containers
Q&A with Pat Guillory
As always, Grow More, Spend Less is about helping families, gardeners, and communities grow food, save money, and build practical skills together.
💡 Money Moment:
This session isn’t just about growing food—it’s about saving money where it counts.
Agenda
Welcome + What is GMSL
Info: Overview of the Grow More, Spend Less series and how growing can reduce expenses.
Money Moment
Info: How to save money—and potentially earn—using medicinal plants.
Plant Distribution + Q&A
Info: Take home starter plants and get your questions answered.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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