GMSL #14: Mushroom Cultivation & Making Your Own Fertilizer

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.