This is not our normal content, but I want a permanent spot for our Papa on here. Papa Norm was always in support of our farm when most everyone questioned our sanity. Thomas and I both left great jobs to build this company, and he cheered us on every step of the way. He helped Thomas with our shed build over FaceTime day after day without any complaints. He went above and beyond for all of us, and he deserves all the recognition. My only hope is that we can help half as many people as he did, and leave a legacy that won’t be forgotten.
If I have learned anything these past two weeks, it is that tomorrow is not promised. If you are thinking about someone, give them a call. It only takes two minutes to tell someone you love them.
We hope y’all have an amazing Holiday season. Our family will be traveling to California to spend time with family and will return after the holiday season with some updates. Like I mentioned in stories, we are still responding to DM’s so message us with any questions.
Happy Monday!
Hope y’all had a great weekend. We are making bags and cleaning out the tent today. It was 108 yesterday, BUT we did get a little rain last night 🙏🏻 we went something like 50 days without rain…
With the ongoing heatwave our tent is struggling, we will take this week to reset in the tent. 🥹
If you made it to the end of the video Thomas give some bagging knowledge we get asked quite frequently.
Hope y’all have a great week! ☀️
Lake Charles Lion’s Mane Meet up.
We will have a meet up tonight in the Club4 parking lot (Ryan/Mcneese side) 530-6pm.
Send us a message if you are able to meet, and we can give details/prices. We will have orders ready to go. 😊🍄
#pickup #swla #lakecharles
All I heard is make reels. 🍄
#mushroomfarming #farmlife #familytime
🍄 Mushroom Farm Updates:
-We will be growing only Blue Oyster and Lion’s Mane. Those will be our only Grow kit options for the foreseeable future.
-Thomas will be doing Agar genetics once we get in the shed.
-We are about to launch our Lion’s Mane supplements! We will hopefully expand into other medicinal mushrooms soon! 🤗❤️
Let us know if you have any questions! 😊
#mushrooms #familyfarm #river #updates
Team Work!
Today was a long one!
We cleared out colonization room, innoculated, cut and put bags in. We didn’t make it to bag making, that will be Sunday!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!! 🍄
#mushrooms #homestead #workflow #familyfarm
🍄 How do we keep water off our grow tent floor?
We get this question pretty often. Our answer is DIY Funnel! It ain’t pretty but our floors are dry! We were losing a corner regardless, so why not make it more efficient for us.
Hope this helps! 😂
#growyourown #homestead #growfood #mushroom
Happy Memorial Day 🇺🇸
Today we had to empty sterilizer, put bags in and cut! I stay home on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s so I’m thinking we can go through the shed and give an update on that. Thomas usually uses it at night to work on genetics, but we have yet to show the shed finished 🥴😂.
Hope every has a great long weekend and took a second to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice! 🇺🇸
#familyfarm #kayak #river #mushroom
🍄 Sauté Saturday!
Thomas’ parents friends stopped by on their boat (yes you can get to peoples houses by boat here 🤯) So we sautéed some mushrooms! We get asked a lot what is our favorite way to eat our mushrooms. This is it! Simple, quick, and delicious!!
We cooked them Saw Oyster, and it was a hit. It is now 3 and we are starting our workday! I love Summer 🌞
#river #homestead #mushrooms #familyfarm #cooking
🍄 Want to grow Mushrooms at home?! 🍄
We are having a Memorial Day sale which will give you 25% our Grow your Own Kits. (This sale is only while supplies last)
We have Pink Oyster, Saw Oyster, and Son of a Watercolor available to ship!
If you have wanted to grow mushrooms at home, now is your chance!!
Hope everyone has a great weekend, and don’t forget about the ones who paid the ultimate price for our freedom! 🇺🇸
#memorialdaysale #familyfarm #homestead #mushrooms
Saw Oyster Mushroom
This is one of the most aggressive mushrooms I’ve ever worked with. Most of the time, it will begin trying to fruit before its substrate is fully colonized!! Originally cloned from a wild specimen in Upstate New York by @themushroomshopllc. A lot of people have mentioned that they get a peppery anise smell from it.
Oyster mushrooms in general have always surprised me. In addition to being gourmet, edible mushrooms, they can also be trained to break down certain petroleum products! Nature is incredible.
#mushroomfarm #homestead #familyfarm #river #mushrooms
Happy May!! 🍄 and Happy Monday at the Farm.
How many of y’all do the chest bump? 😂 Honestly, making this video it looks ridiculous. But so effective in getting all the air out. Today we bagged and boxed up some orders. We started grain this afternoon and are ready to jump right into inoculations tomorrow morning! Have a great evening!
#mushroomfarm #river #familyfarm #homestead
🍄 Inoculate with us! 🍄
After we sterilize our blocks we bring them into the lab to inoculate and let them colonize. This process takes 1-2 weeks then we will move them into the fruiting room.
#inoculate #mushroomfarm #growmushrooms #farmlife
This is probably very common, and the major
reason we don’t post our kids much on here too often. Just letting y’all know, we are not affiliated
with sisumushroom we are @sisumushroomfarm
across all platforms. I apologize to those that have
received messages.
🍄 Mushroom Liquid Culture 🍄
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Of course there are bloopers to the very simple video we did today. Not sure why we ever thought the lift was necessary… 😅
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Hi, We’re the Harper’s!
We’re coming up on Sisu’s year mark in May, and thought we would give some background on our story. It’s hard to squeeze 8 years into 90 seconds. But overall, we’re just happy to be here! And grateful to this supportive community! 🍄
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Sometimes, it’s difficult to remain positive when things like this happen. I always just try to remain neutral. Yes it is a set back. However, if you try to step back and focus on the macro, your business in 10 years isn’t going to remember the small fire that you had to put out at the beginning. Everyone is putting out small fires, regardless of if you are seeing it on social media or not. Stay happy and keep focused on the big picture.
^This is all I was going to say but here goes a semi-deep dive in to me, Thomas.
I picked up my first self help book, The 4-Hour Work Week, back in 2011, in the midst of one of the darkest times in my life, while living in Korea. This was the day after we were instructed to call our parents to let them know that we may be going to war with the north and that we love them. I still remember my mom’s voice. Seeing the beach scene on the front cover caught my attention, the idea of a beach and a 4hww just did something for my soul. I have read self help books ever since then and now read about one book a week. When I’m driving, I listen to self help podcasts. On weekends and afternoons, I attend virtual conferences and summits regarding either business or mindset. That being said, it is still extremely hard to see the positive in some situations. College was another rough time for me. I knew it wasn’t going to provide the type of job that I wanted. I got through it and landed in what I thought was my dream job. Literally the upper echelon of sales. Then, I was never home. I never saw my kids. Christa would send me photos of them doing things in outfits that I had never seen before. Then, my oldest son inadvertently gave me the biggest gut check of my life. He asked Christa why it’s like daddy didn’t live at home anymore. It hurt me to my core. I knew I needed to do something. I ended up quitting to go work for some incredible entrepreneurs and my life started changing. I started to see the world through a different lens.
🍄 Let’s make grain bags! 🍄
We’re back from vacation! Such a much needed reset 🥹
Over the past few months, we have used a different method every time we have prepped grain.
I know everyone has different preferences when it comes to grain prep. However, I’m going to say that for millet/milo, “No Soak, No Simmer” is our favorite and the quickest. We originally learned this method from @jessenoller on YouTube and stuck with it for a long time. After trying to find the perfect way, we are going back. NSNS method benefits our farm the most.
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