2782700The Garden Mushroom — Spawning in the EarthJohn Abercrombie

Spawning in the Earth.

This is performed by previously earthing the bed, and then inserting the pieces of spawn into the earth, which often proves very successful.

The bed is first beat smooth with the spade, then earthed all over evenly about two inches deep; then, breaking the spawn into moderate lumps, introduce them into the earth at small distances all over the bed; and, when finished, add a little fine earth over the whole near an inch thick, smoothing it off with the spade, as in the other beds; afterwards, observing the former cautions, let it be littered in due time with straw, or litter, and mats, as before directed.