On June 1, 2020, a crew poured a concrete slab on our land in Huffman, Texas. The date and Derek's Twisted Kilt Forge stamp are etched right into it. That slab was supposed to hold Derek's dream workshop and forge.

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It didn't.

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Back then, Derek was spending every other month overseas in the oilfield, sixteen years of it. I was a burned out insurance agent stuck behind a desk. A few years ago, life got hard, and I went looking for a simpler daily routine. That search led us somewhere neither of us saw coming: mushrooms.

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So we built the shop ourselves, and then every room we'd planned turned into something totally different. The tool room became our lab. The woodworking room became incubation. The forge area became our production area, where we make the substrate bags for Derek to inoculate. Derek built a grow room and a walk-in cooler, and the mezzanine is where we dry mushrooms and make tinctures. We were up and running by December 2020.

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The rusty Twisted Kilt Forge sign still hangs by the door. That's where TKF Mushrooms got its name.

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Every week we grow and harvest Lion's Mane and Blue Oyster, plus Chestnut, Pioppino, Black Pearl and whatever else is ready. You can't rush a mushroom. Believe us, we've tried. Haha

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Our Lion's Mane and Reishi tinctures are made from 100% fruiting body, the actual mushroom and nothing else. We make a dual extract in small batches: first an alcohol extraction, then a hot water decoction, and then we combine the two.

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None of this happens without Derek. He's the backbone of this farm. He's the reason our mushrooms are something we're proud to put on your table, and the reason every tincture is crafted the right way, one small batch at a time.

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Fresh mushrooms don't ship (Texas heat would cook them before you even got the chance to), so come find both of us at our Houston-area farmers markets, or pick up at the farm by appointment. Our tinctures ship anywhere, and you can Subscribe & Save 20%.

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If we don't grow it and use it at our own house, we don't sell it.

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We'd love for you to be part of what comes next. Come say hi at the market, or join our list for new harvests and market dates.

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Amanda & Derek