Rain Gardens * Pollinator Gardens * Hugelcultures * Mycoremediation Research * Compost * Fungal Inoculation * Classes * Homestead Gardens
We provide earthworks to, educate others how to, and research how to:
- Patti Wahlberg, resident of the Clearing and Tech Trainer Associate (November 2017)
"Working with Jess is an absolute delight. Whether you have a small partial day project or are interested in designing a multi-year permaculture plan my family found working with MycoEvolve to be amazing. She helped us reach our goals on our budget. She introduced us to medicinal plants that worked for our garden and taught us about how to care for our land with our goals in mind."
---Lauren Larken, Burlington Resident, Artist, Mother, Musician, Educator (April 2019)
"Jess shows her care for students daily. She listens and shows compassion, goes out of her way to help those who come to her, and models restorative communication! Jess has a passion for environmental stewardship and advocates for it both from a teaching & community perspective.."
- Burlington Kids Core Staff Evaluation Form (February 2019)
" You really connected with some of more vulnerable students, and they will remember all the care and commitment you showed them. Your vast knowledge & dedication for the environment and the many layers involved in the earth's systems is impressive and made a big impact for the children.
- Rose Wall, Site Director of CP Smith After School Program (June 2019)
"Jess did a great job helping to design and install our rain garden! She brings a sunny spirit and a rock-solid work ethic".
- Rachelle Gould, UVM Assistant Professor in the Rubenstein School and BLUE certified home owner in Burlington (June 2019)
Our current research focus: mycofiltration ability of certain saprophytic fungi to reduce pathogen numbers to safe levels while mycorrhizae redirect Phosphorus into plant cycles (from nonpoint source runoff before reaching the aquatic ecosystem)
Please contact us if are interested in our services: yepeth@gmail.com
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- Increase Pollinator, edible, & medicinal habitat
- Initiate Watershed friendly design
- Facilitate Soil health
- Strengthen Nutrient exchange networks
- Rejuvenate degraded Landscapes to flourishing ecosystems
- Nurture trophic health through Fungal cultivation and inoculation
- C0-create a Regenerative Land Plan for where you live or work
- Restore degraded or polluted landscapes through mycoremediation pilot* research projects for watershed restoration *yes still in pilot phase until we obtain peer reviewed data from which we can then share protocols.
- Patti Wahlberg, resident of the Clearing and Tech Trainer Associate (November 2017)
"Working with Jess is an absolute delight. Whether you have a small partial day project or are interested in designing a multi-year permaculture plan my family found working with MycoEvolve to be amazing. She helped us reach our goals on our budget. She introduced us to medicinal plants that worked for our garden and taught us about how to care for our land with our goals in mind."
---Lauren Larken, Burlington Resident, Artist, Mother, Musician, Educator (April 2019)
"Jess shows her care for students daily. She listens and shows compassion, goes out of her way to help those who come to her, and models restorative communication! Jess has a passion for environmental stewardship and advocates for it both from a teaching & community perspective.."
- Burlington Kids Core Staff Evaluation Form (February 2019)
" You really connected with some of more vulnerable students, and they will remember all the care and commitment you showed them. Your vast knowledge & dedication for the environment and the many layers involved in the earth's systems is impressive and made a big impact for the children.
- Rose Wall, Site Director of CP Smith After School Program (June 2019)
"Jess did a great job helping to design and install our rain garden! She brings a sunny spirit and a rock-solid work ethic".
- Rachelle Gould, UVM Assistant Professor in the Rubenstein School and BLUE certified home owner in Burlington (June 2019)
Our current research focus: mycofiltration ability of certain saprophytic fungi to reduce pathogen numbers to safe levels while mycorrhizae redirect Phosphorus into plant cycles (from nonpoint source runoff before reaching the aquatic ecosystem)
Please contact us if are interested in our services: yepeth@gmail.com
Click for: Upcoming Workshops and Events
Colchester Mycoremediation Pilot Project (4/19-6/20)
Focus: watershed health restoration
Involves: installing fungal hugelcultures & planting mycorrhizally dipped riparian species on town-owned lands in the Smith Hollow Brook sub watershed; continued testing, monitoring, and documentation throughout process.
Project aims: to determine whether these strategies uptake phosphorus and/or degrade escherichia coli (E.coli), in waterways deemed by VT to be impaired by both pollutants.
Partners: The Colchester Stormwater Utility has partnered with MycoEvolve
Research questions:
- Do the mycorrhizal riparian buffers reduce the Phosphorus delivered to the waterway?
- Does Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tail), Lentinula edodes (Shitake) reduce E.coli from the waterway?
- Can this green infrastructure handle effectively large inundations in spring snow melt?
- What is the efficacy of the filters for different size storms?
- Are there seasonal variations in the efficacy of the filters?
Spawn source: VT Myconode (now called Mycolab, Mushroom Mountain & Smug Town
Team: Karen Adams, Dr. Joshua Faulkner, Jason McCune-Sanders, Jess Rubin, Lauren Weston, Dr. Josef Gorres, Leif Olson, Sue Van Hook, Intern Mary Robideau, and amazing crew of volunteers
See below photos of the river, assessment, testing, inoculation and tree planting workshops, planting, our stellar volunteer crews
Focus: watershed health restoration
Involves: installing fungal hugelcultures & planting mycorrhizally dipped riparian species on town-owned lands in the Smith Hollow Brook sub watershed; continued testing, monitoring, and documentation throughout process.
Project aims: to determine whether these strategies uptake phosphorus and/or degrade escherichia coli (E.coli), in waterways deemed by VT to be impaired by both pollutants.
Partners: The Colchester Stormwater Utility has partnered with MycoEvolve
Research questions:
- Do the mycorrhizal riparian buffers reduce the Phosphorus delivered to the waterway?
- Does Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tail), Lentinula edodes (Shitake) reduce E.coli from the waterway?
- Can this green infrastructure handle effectively large inundations in spring snow melt?
- What is the efficacy of the filters for different size storms?
- Are there seasonal variations in the efficacy of the filters?
Spawn source: VT Myconode (now called Mycolab, Mushroom Mountain & Smug Town
Team: Karen Adams, Dr. Joshua Faulkner, Jason McCune-Sanders, Jess Rubin, Lauren Weston, Dr. Josef Gorres, Leif Olson, Sue Van Hook, Intern Mary Robideau, and amazing crew of volunteers
See below photos of the river, assessment, testing, inoculation and tree planting workshops, planting, our stellar volunteer crews
Here is a recent article about our underlining, paradigm shifting philosophy from which we operate:
https://medium.com/curiouseedstories/jess-rubin-mycology-seems-sexy-but-9b5a170978c0
Here below is a talk that Jess gave as part of the Vermont Healthy Soils Coalition Soil Series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba5QnBMDT0s&feature=youtu.be starting at 24:12
though watch all of it to hear wisdom from Cat Buxton and Juan Alvez
Here is an article in 7Days that discusses the importance of nurturing soil health in which we are quoted.
https://medium.com/curiouseedstories/jess-rubin-mycology-seems-sexy-but-9b5a170978c0
Here below is a talk that Jess gave as part of the Vermont Healthy Soils Coalition Soil Series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba5QnBMDT0s&feature=youtu.be starting at 24:12
though watch all of it to hear wisdom from Cat Buxton and Juan Alvez
Here is an article in 7Days that discusses the importance of nurturing soil health in which we are quoted.
Our past research project below is in phase 2: Fall 2019, we begin a site assessment, gathering baseline data, and drafting up our initial design for this project titled: Mycoremediation of Phosphorus in Agricultural Runoff using Mycorrhizal-Plant Associations. While uptaking Phosphorus with strategic mycorrhizal plantings, this project also aims to also increase pollinator, edible, and medicinal habitat through a polyculture green infrastructure of microbes, fungi, plants and trees helping hold trophic integrity for watershed restoration. Thank you to NESARE for your funding support, to Shelburne Farms for partnering with MycoEvolve in this research pilot, to VYCC for joining us in the earthworks and education, and to the UVM Plant & Soil Sciences Department for supporting our learning and training! Stay tuned for updates.
Here is a link to our research findings.
We found:
- King Stropharia (KS) (Stropharia rugoso-amnulata) did reduce E.coli #'s
- Both direct contact with KS mats & KS enzyme exudates reduced E. coli #s
- Mycelial mats potentially mineralize and release Phosphorus
- Mycelial mats were potential nursery sites for other microbes
As a result we pause in our work with KS until lab and greenhouse trials provide answers to concerns.
We found:
- King Stropharia (KS) (Stropharia rugoso-amnulata) did reduce E.coli #'s
- Both direct contact with KS mats & KS enzyme exudates reduced E. coli #s
- Mycelial mats potentially mineralize and release Phosphorus
- Mycelial mats were potential nursery sites for other microbes
As a result we pause in our work with KS until lab and greenhouse trials provide answers to concerns.
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Pictures of earthwork projects MycoEvolve: supported clients in, educational workshops we offered, designs we created, & research we conducted.
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Assess your home or business to see if it is watershed friendly and adjust accordingly. We link clients with Salix Solutions to participate in BLUE® which is a certification assistimg landowners to create and maintain watershed protection practices. BLUE evaluates properties for opportunities to reduce nutrient and chemical pollution, and certifies properties that meet watershed friendly standards. MycoEvolve incorporates these into designs involving rain gardens & other green infrastructure to protect the lake.
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Incorporate fungi into your landscape. We continue to hone skills with liquid culture inoculation, practicing transfer techniques to petri dishes, grains, cardboard, coffee grounds, & cold pasteurized straw. Upon successfully initial transfer, we then transfer grown out myceliated spawn to terrestrial substrate (wood chips) or logs for ecosystems repair, habitat enhancement, food & medicine
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We gather &save seeds, sheet mulch lawns, and plant polyculture hedgerows of edible, medicinal, & pollinator perennials.
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Network
Radical Mycology Mycelial Network
The Radical Mycology Mycelial Network is an international, all-volunteer, grassroots network of groups and individuals that promotes the integration of mycological skills and knowledge into community-based solutions addressing environmental and social issues.
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Long Term Vision:
To implement city/town/state wide and bioregional restoration practices such as: rain gardens of native plants, riparian buffers of native-mycorrhizally dipped polycultures, pollinator gardens & corrirdors, mycoremediating-mycofiltrating inoculations and phytoremediating plantings along edges of: rivers, point & nonpoint source pollution locations, farms, & industrial areas for watershed health.
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