The workshop will be broken into two partsand cover basic low tech cultivation method as we ll as more advanced skills such as producing your own grain spawn.  Participants may register for P art 1, Part 2 or for both.   Part 1 o f the workshop will focus on growing common culina ry and medicinal mushrooms like Oysters, Turkey T ails, and Garden Stropharia from grain spawn usin g low tech, DIY methods.  Participants will get hands on experience with cultivating fungi in buck ets using straw and sawdust, as well as outdoor b eds on woodchips.  Grain spawn will be available for purchase for participants to take home.    Part 2 will take things to the next leve l giving participants an opportunity to learn and practice generating their own grain spawn and liqu id cultures.  Growing grain spawn can be intimida ting, but this workshop will aim to demystify theprocess and empower participants with some basic knowledge to get started. Producing your own grainspawn opens up a world of possibilities allowing you to grow fungi in great abundance.  Growing gr ain spawn requires a little bit of gear and equipm ent. We'll orient to some minimalist approach es as well as some common set-ups for cultivating fungi on grain starting from liquid cultures.  Li quid cultures will be available for purchase for p articipants to take home.