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Washington, D. C. The small farm had belonged to Margaret Ulfs parents who bought the property years ago, but never lived there.
In the four years since the Ulfs have retired, they have embarked upon a lifetime of projects. There’s a new, larger house across the road. There’s a vineyard where they grow chardonnay grapes for wine, the mushroom lot, some beef cattle and several rooms full of furniture made by Richard. And it doesn’t appear that boredom will strike any time soon.
Anyone raising cattle or grapes, or mowing and caring for several acres.or working in cabinetmaking knows that these are not hobbies for the inactive. The mushroom operation, too, is not one where Ulf can sit back and let nature set the spore where it will. This may have worked for a few Samurai, but the provision of mushrooms to a commercial market requires a steady and predictable supply.
“We’re not geared up yet for large scale marketing,” said Richard. “In fact, I was quite surprised to find out that we could sell everything we raised here just by a sign out on the highway.”
The total output right now is nine or 10 pounds, and travelers on 211 have been thrilled to carry away Richard’s total harvest each week. With a thousand oak logs inoculated, the Ulfs are hoping for a much larger harvest next year. And to some extent they control the timing of their shiitake crop, Richard said.
“We’ve found that by selecting logs to soak on a rotating schedule, we
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