Erbe Farms

18/07/2025

If you haven't heard, this weekend the is having its first ever "Funga Fair" and we get to be one of the first farms to set up a booth there!

It's gonna be awesome! Speakers, other cool farms, artists, all sorts of fun stuff. Ever wanted to get into foraging, these are some of the folks you're gonna want to talk to.

We were going to try and get the shop opened up and do the fair but the reality that we're pretty small still set in last night. So.... We're gonna be closed down on Main Street tomorrow so we can focus on the fair.

Good news is we just about have everything figured out well enough to start training some help so we can really open up the deli, "for real".

Thanks all for understanding about closing the shop, and hopefully we'll see you down at the tomorrow from 10 to 4! The event is free with admission to the garden.

Also, If you live in St. Louis or St. Louis County, I'm pretty sure admission is free before noon. Double check, but I think that is how it works.

The shop will be open today till 6pm. We've got a few pounds of mushrooms and handful of pizzas. Dad will be running the shop while we bring stuff down to the garden, so come on by and say hi if your down in the area.

17/07/2025

Happy to finally see some color back in the Blues! Looks like everyone is rebounding well from that heat.

Dad finished up making six more new shelves for us since the first two worked so well. Looking forward to swapping out the old ones and getting these guys full of mushrooms. Soooo much easier to clean!

Lots of stocking work this week too. Made up nearly 1000 cookies to fill out half the new chest freezer. Knocking out some powders as well. Hopefully get on to some pasta or pizzas today if I have enough time.

Got a few pounds of blues and Lion's Mane in the case if you're out and about today. Have a good one all, time to kick on the lights grind some powder. 🤪

13/07/2025

Playing around with breads again. Did some marble rye. Threw a shake of blue oyster in for fun, but don't think I can rightly call it "Mushroom Marble Rye". Maybe I'll go heavy on a loaf and see if it works.

Folks in general seemed to like the pasta salads a lot yesterday. Not so much so much interest in the Greek, but we'll give it another week before we pull another salad off the bench.

Still got a little cheese left but people seemed to like it pretty much as well. We're pretty thin all around today but it's Sunday we should have enough pizzas to get through the day.

Forecast was saying rain, but if you're in the area come on by and say hi 😁

12/07/2025

So this week was crazy busy! Bad news is... We are cleaned out of mushrooms. Good news is... We've still got a lot of our other stuff, well... Some of our other stuff...

We're gonna be sampling the vegan cheese and pasta salads as long as we've got them to sample, so come on by and give some a try.

While you're here, grab a crepe from our neighbors ( La Vie Vegan Bistro ), and partake in some of their Bastille Day celebrations. Gonna have stilt walkers around noon on the patio. Should be fun.

09/07/2025

Finally got to put in some time on our mushroom pasta! I think we've got the blend about where we want it for a solid standard mix. We also had some good results on gluten and keto friendly pastas, but we'll get back to those once we dial in some recipes.

We made up six pasta salads we really like and plan to have avaliable, with at least a couple in the deli case at any given time.

Roasted red pepper, Garlic mushroom, Dirty Martini, Greek, Street Taco, and Cowboy. Did them all vegan too but don't tell anyone, they won't know.

Anyway, come on by this week and try some samples and help me lock in these recipes.

Time to go make some more cheese! Have a good one folks 😁

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(Also about time to test drive these hashtags I keep hearing about 😅)

05/07/2025

Finally about back into a rhythm after the last couple of weeks of heat and updates.

We're a little low on mushrooms after restocking everything else, but we've still got some Lion's Mane and Blue Oysters ready in the case.

Pizzas are pretty well restocked and even got some "awesomes" on the shelf. The cases look so empty now that the cookies and ice cream have moved into a new freezer. Fortunately we've got plenty of stuff we've been working on to fill them back up.

Still have a little vegan cheese left for samples if you're up for giving it a try. Even got classy and picked up some crackers 🤪

Just about got everything fired up at the shop so if you're in the area come on by and say hi!

29/06/2025

Finally back to my kinda weather! Took a minute this morning to check out the sisters garden next door. They got the new library up and it looks awesome! Very cool tribute to some cool ladies that aren't with us anymore. Check it out next time you're down on Main Street.

Gonna be down here till 6pm playing with some breads and sauces. Back to normal hours and what used to be "full inventory" next week.

Have a good one all!

28/06/2025

So we're a little late with the post, but better late than never. We've been promising new stuff for a while now and finally have some more to let out into the wild.

First off, we made a mushroom infused linguine for an Alfredo we're messing with. Liked it, just about ready for tasting.

We also finally made the mushroom mac and cheese casserole pizza we've been talking about forever. Not bad for a first go, and after we slapped a little extra cheese on it, topped it with a little brisket... if not on the pizza, we're gonna have to have that on one of the take and bake casseroles.

We also put our first vegan cheeses into the deli case. The gouda was apparently the winner with pepper jack close behind. The cheddar is pretty darn good too, but being a pepper jack fan myself, I get why the others two were more popular.

Anyway, we're gonna keep working on new stuff tomorrow while we're running on E, inventory wise, and get back to regular production starting Monday.

Thanks for bearing with us through this growth spurt. Have a good one folks!

26/06/2025

Ok, so amazingly... Last week didn't go according to plan. We got so much done though I think it was worth it!

We got our last bit of refrigeration equipment delivered which will be getting filled shortly. Battery backups and remote tempature sensors for all our refrigeration, all tied to backed up wifi, so we can monitor and protect all our food products. Even got some nifty chemical despencers that premix all our sanitation chemicals perfectly everytime. That isn't even half of, or the coolest new stuff down at the shop.

We also got more air conditioning and insulation over at the grow. Now we're well back into safe temps even though we're pushing 50% more air through the system this season. Took down the extraction lab to make room for dry storage. Switch / combined phone and internet services. Repaired vehicles, and even finally sold the box truck 🤩

So while we didn't have the time we needed to get everything ready for this weekend, we cleared a ton of stuff off the plate so we can get back to growing and cooking!

We're going to stay closed till Saturday because we've got a ton of stuff to do still, but we will have some samples from the deli case ready this weekend.

Samples of what you say? Ill give you a hint on one item. It sounds a lot like "vegan pepper jack cheese"...

We'll post more tomorrow so keep an eye out. Have a good one all 😁

21/06/2025

Hey all! Just a reminder we're closed this week to get some work done. Check this out though, super fun event we're going to be taking part in next month. 😎

Here's some updated details of next month's Funga Fair extravaganza in partnership with the Missouri Botanical Garden!

There will be new presentations from two of our favorite mushrooms educators, Britt Bunyard and Mike Snyder! They'll be sharing all kinds of fun mushroom stories and factoids and both are sure to be memorable talks!

We have some fantastic vendors lined up! Please go check them out and be sure to stop by and shop their mushroomy wares at the event!

Mushrooms Naturally Freckled Illustrations Flourish Farmstead Erbe Farms

There will also be microscope demos, an amazing specimen table of wild mushrooms and mycologists on hand to talk about them, educational displays and exclusive MOMS merch available - come join the fungal fun!!

19/06/2025

Sorry folks, we're gonna be closed this week. We've been working really hard on bringing the deli case online and we're just about there. Got a couple kitchen experiments left, but we're about ready to start sampling most items.

Long story short, we figured shutting down for a few days putting in the hours, was better than inching along for another month.

Good news is, when we open up next week, there should be a lotta cool stuff in that deli case!

14/06/2025

Back down on main street at the Saint Charles Market. Dad is on vacation, so we're not doing pizzas today, but we've got drinks, powders, and lots of fresh mushrooms. Will is gonna be down there on his own today, so swing by and say hi to him if you're in the area.

We'll have the shop opened up in a few hours, so if you want to grab a pizza or a grow kit for dad this weekend, stop in, and we'll get you taken care of.

Have a good one folks!