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In this moment I am grateful for Kerry’s support and for the excitement and inspiration I received from watching GroCycle’s latest video update. Peace and Mush Love, Chris Forest

In this moment I am grateful for the practical support of friends and my personal resilience in the face of so many challenges. I’m also grateful that skateboarding when I was younger taught me how to fall well. The short story is that I was exhausted, carrying more than I had capacity for and fellContinue reading “Video: Injury time…”

In this moment I am grateful for all the people mentioned in the video above along with everyone I’ve connected with and am exploring collaborations with. This one’s a short video giving some gratitude for lovely folk who’ve been supporting me recently. I’m feeling very tired from hard work and lack of sleep a coupleContinue reading “Video: Gratitude for people supporting me”

In this moment I am grateful for the warmth of the Tavistock Library and a vegetable soup breakfast in Ivan. I recorded this second video after I came across a stump that had a mass of Turkey Tail mushrooms fruiting from it. It inspired me to do this basic introduction to one of the medicinalContinue reading “Video: An Introduction to Turkey Tail and Stump Culture”

In this moment I am grateful for the wilds of Dartmoor that have been giving me a lot of nourishment over the past few weeks and for continuing to make progress with The Lovely Fungus Company despite the current challenges of my life. Thanks also to all the lovely folk I’m connecting with and beingContinue reading “The first video update…”

In this moment I am grateful for a blue sky and bright sunshine. I’m also grateful for Monday’s vegetable abundance in the Tavistock Community Fridge. The flyer above is for a 1 hour, online, session that I am looking to host for groups and communities around this beautiful island. The first one will be thisContinue reading “Simple Mushroom Abundance”

In this moment I am grateful for the warm sanctuary and internet connection of the lovely Kerry Lane’s house and for all the fungi folk in the world spreading the fungi love. Peace and Mush Love to you all. These videos, created by fellow fungi loving folk, are a great introduction to one of theContinue reading “Videos to help you grow giant mushrooms in your garden…”

In this moment I am grateful to my friend’s Ali and Sanna who are giving me a space to feel a little bit broken and for all the support I’m receiving in various ways as I climb this wild and beautiful mountain. I received this poem from the lovely Kerry Lane of The Peace ofContinue reading “the climb”

In this moment I am very grateful for my friends and family who’ve given me a place to stay, called for a chat and supported me in many other way on this journey to launch The Lovely Fungus Company. It feels good to be back on the blog again. Thanks for your patience during thisContinue reading “Meeting the mycelium – An introduction to fungi and mushroom cultivation”

In this moment I am grateful for the connection and support of more people than I will try and write in this blog post. Thank you to everyone I know and those I’m unaware of that support me to be in this life. Thank you for all the seen and unseen work that supports me,Continue reading “Thank you”