Erbe Farms

04/27/2025

Harvesting some fresh mushrooms before heading down to the shop. Not sure what we're gonna work on today, but I'm sure it will be fun. If you're down on Main Street today, come on by and say hi.

04/26/2025

We wanted to be out at the market today for the opening day but had too many irons in the fire. We figured maybe we ease in to things this year and set up on the patio today. Stop and say hi to Will outside and then come downstairs to try one of these new Chocolate Cherry Fudge Lion's Mane cookies!

They aren't the only new thing we've been working on... We've got a few mushroom brisket calzones in the freezer that should be ready for lunch and plenty of pizzas to bring home.

We've also been figuring out beverages. Goodbye soda, hello mushroom coffees, juices, and mocktails. In the picture, we've got a vegan Lion's Mane cold brew, a lemonade/tea, and a Bloody Mary. They are still under development, but we figured it was worth showing them off a bit. Hopefully we'll be able to do some fun colabs with friends.

Come on by and say hi if you're in the neighborhood. If you're hungry, stick around. Lots of good food in the building. Have a good one all 😉

04/25/2025

Can't believe it's already friday! Been a crazy busy week. Aside from the normal weekly work, got some liquid cultures made up, started messing with some new equipment, started cleaning the old equipment out of the storage locker, got our labeling system working the rest of the way, and got sidetracked by morel madness 🤪

Got pizzas caught up last night, so we are fully stocked. Changed up the pepperoni process a little since a few folks were saying it was too salty. Think it's came out pretty darn good this time around. Also, testing out a little bit of extra cheese on the vegan briskets. Love the Miyoko's, but it looks so boring frozen. The extra shreds of vegan mozzarella make it look better, in my opinion, so I feel good about it. Made up 6 more "Morel Hunter" pizzas since the first ones went so fast.

Also brought down some big fresh heads of Lion's Mane, with more mushrooms on the way. Cookies are ready, and we're about to put some pizzas in the oven. If you want to grab a slice, we'll have some vegan Buffalo Lion's Mane and dairy BBQ mushroom brisket, hot till 2:00pm.

Have a good one folks!

04/23/2025

Spent the morning sorting this guy out. The first one was pretty but not practical. Got it into a good format now where there is some flavor in every bite. We're only going to do a dozen or so more since the morels are so pricy. I had 7, but while taking the pictures, sold 3. So there are 2 vegan and 2 dairy left if you're in the neighborhood. $25 each while they last.

04/23/2025

Managed to get ahold of these beauties after I closed the shop today. Had time to go back and roast a few to put them on an "Awesome". While it was pretty darn good, I think they might work better on something like the asparagus on Alfredo that I was messing with the other day. We'll have to see how it goes tomorrow. Messing up my Lion's Mane prep, but I think it's worth it 😅

04/20/2025

Topping off the Lion's Mane and a few others this morning. We've been fruiting some a little smaller getting ready for the farmers market. The plan is to have boxed pounds down at the market and the larger clusters over at the shop.

Got the deli cases switched around getting ready to show off some of the mushroom meats and soon to be orderable hot food, like the calzones.

Should you be in the neighborhood and catch a case of the munchies, we've got a dairy "awesome" and a vegan southwest in the hot box ready for you. Plenty of pies and cookies in the freezer for you to bring back home as well.

Have a good one all, time for a little quality control 😅

04/19/2025

Down at the shop, setting up for the weekend, but had to take a minute to enjoy the weather. If you've never been down here, you might not know there is a little park next to the patio. A lot of folks volunteer to keep it looking great. Nice little buffer from the busy on the street. Anyway, just looking especially nice today, so I figured it was picture time.

Got some nice Pearls, Lion's Mane, Kings, Oysters. Plenty pizzas (except pepperoni, low there) for the weekend. Also got the southwest figured out (way better) but ran out of fajita meat, so I've only got 5 vegans in the freezer. Gonna be a lot of Lion's Mane prepwork week starting monday.

Ok, time to bake some cookies and make some pepperoni. Have a good one 😁

04/18/2025

Fresh crop of mushrooms in the case this morning. Brisket restocked. Awesomes getting wrapped and frozen. Southwests on deck. Probably not gonna get to crab cakes this weekend, so keep a lookout taste testers. Planning on another batch next week if we can get caught up on raviolis.

If you ordered brisket or awesomes ahead of time, your orders are ready. Back to pizza duty over here. Have a good one all!

04/17/2025

Got to hang out with some friends over in Edwardsville for a little bit tonight. The mushroom fairy set up all sorts of fun activities for the kids, including stories, coloring, and mushroom disection. We made sure they got some mushroom cookies and grow kits, and everyone looked like they had a really good time. Lotta little future mycologists in the making down in southern Illinois 😁

04/17/2025

Gotta shut it down a bit early today. Well, ment to put this out earlier, so shutting down now. Sorry all. Meeting up with the mushroom fairy at edwardsville public library for mushroom story time.

Got lots of prep done, including some awesomes that should be ready for the weekend, and more brisket.

Also picked up some local honey from my friend Bill. We go some cool plans for that, but if you want some, before we get to it, we'll have it for sale as well.

Neighbors also came through like heros with A, some vegan mayo... vegan southwests finally on the menu tomorrow, and B, a BBQ brisket crepe with pepeper jack... damn....

If you're needing a mushroom brisket fix, sorry I can't help ya out but fear not, has got you covered and they will be open till 6pm.

04/15/2025

We finally have a proper door sign! We'll put up the hours sign tomorrow, and then we should be about set there. It's like we're actually open 🤣

Roasting up some Lion's Mane for some buffalos. Got cookies baked and ready. Dad is on the way in to get the next batch balling. He got the vacu-sealer on a wheeled table now, and in the process, got my labeling system on a shelf. Way better than before!

Been working on calzones and more walkable foods for main street and the farmers markets. Should have them ready soon. Also, on Course to start figuring out a few fun projects with some friends this weekend.

It's a prep day, but we're open, so come on by if you're in the neighborhood.

04/13/2025

Good folks in the neighborhood.

04/13/2025

It's just about farmer's market season for us, and we've been trying to figure out how to work the booths this year. Played Dr. Strange with a pizza yesterday and got it all figured out 🤣

Same tents, different setup, more mobile. It's gonna be fun! Even figured out a new thing to put in these bags...

Anyway, cookies are hot, mushrooms are fresh, and the shop is open!

04/12/2025

Looking for a little part time work? Super cool folks up on 5th street looking for a little help.

🍄🍄 Now Hiring🍄🍄

We have an open part time position.
Stop in and let's talk! ✌️
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 9am to 3 or 4pm.