Sharon is an engineer turned full-time mushroom grower and explorer. With 15 years in software engineering, including several years leading a SW team in defense tech, she chose a new mission aligned with her values. Now she builds reliable systems that help small farms thrive.
Sharon has written 3 posts for the Demeter Mycolabs blog, newest first.
We wanted Hypha Aeris to spot mushrooms dropping spores. Then we realised our timelapses had been collecting the data for months. Here's what its PM2.5 sensor saw as the caps opened, and how close we are to a harvest alert.
Oyster mushrooms can go from perfect to past it in a few hours. Here's what too early, just right and too late look like, in frames from our own timelapses. Plus shiitake, king trumpet, lion's mane and maitake.
Store fresh mushrooms unwashed in a paper bag in the fridge: most last about a week, pink oysters a day or two. Here's what the research says for each species, and why pinks are different.