This is a badge bit (
BB) that is part of the
PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the
wood badge in
Woodland Care.
In this Badge Bit, you will enhance garden beds with mycelium! A simple way to encourage the growth of mycelium is to just keep adding organic matter to the soil.
Permaculture Basics: Mycelium
For more information on mycelium:
Improving soil fertility with fungi
Mycelium and the Soil
To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
o enhance garden beds with mycelium
o photo evidence that it helped in 3 scenarios
To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures of a video (<2 mins)::
o show the inoculant(s) added, medium(s)/substrate(s) added, or altered condition(s) being done to the garden beds to facilitation mycelium growth
o describe what the inoculant/substrate/altered condition is and how that might encourage mycelium growth
o garden beds before enhancing with mycelium
o action shot of making that enhancement
o proof that the at least 3 garden beds have improved and that mycelium is growing there