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Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international mushroom consultants. MEMOIRS about husband Pieter Vedder, who was a SCIENTIFIC PIONEER in Commercial Mushroom Cultivation Education. His practical handbook is in 9 languages and is called the MUSHROOM BIBLE: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html

Monday, January 16, 2023

Kitties we LOVE and GRIEF for...

 A dear Blogger Friend lost her precious Derry boy.
LOVE this photo of sweet Derry!
Kitties and or Puppies can really look inside our soul...
Their faces can convey so much and they truly are such loyal companions.
May Derry R.I.P. and may his Mom find the strength for moving on without this cuddle bear near her...
~
November 22, 2022 our Spunky girl claimed my European pillow, the one below the regular sized one.
Hah, my water bottles on the night table to the right...
This made in Germany flannel set with yellow roses, I'd enlarged its duvet cover so it would now fit the 'larger' Caribbean light down comforter.
It was quite a task for taking it apart on one side with the seam ripper but it was so worth it!
Our kitties LOVE it as much as we do... 😼
Spooky nestled close to his Papi while reading on his Samsung tablet...
Speckie only claims her tiny spot next to her Papi's pillow... arms crossed.
Spooky next to me on the love seat. He sure LOVES his blanket and with one eye he follows what I'm typing here on my MacBook—for you to read...
Yes, our kitties are all seniors and they show more and more gray hair in their fur.
Speckie is 13 since November 10 and her four siblings by adoption are turning 16 on March 30.
Spooky's paw—looking like a blackberry...
But YES they forever leave a footprint on our hearts—and they are so loved!
On January 8, 2023 this neighborhood kitty (male) is on our patio in one of the pot plants and staring at our kitties in the windowsill of the bay window area...
Ours stay inside when it's cold and those 'friend–kitties' come to our home looking for some affection... SAD!
That's why it is a tremendous solace when we lose one of our beloved kitties—knowing they lived a sheltered life with good medical care, good food and lots of LOVE and cuddles!
There are so many others that never get such human love... This kitty also limps and that for over half a year. 
Those eyes speak volumes!

Saturday, January 14, 2023

FORUM at Mushroom Conference — Last Surviving Pioneers

Pieter has often been in an Open Forum...
Like here below in Scottsdale, Arizona during the Spawn Mate Symposium 
Open Forum moderated by Don Betterley. 
Shown left to right: Barry Holtz, Pieter Vedder, Paul Wuest, Hans Tschierpe, Lee Schisler and Jim Sinden.
Spawn Mate Scottsdale Symposium Program
11:00 AM OPEN FORUM
followed by the above mentioned names...
After the FORUM we had Reception and Dinner Dance in the Crystal Ballroom...
Pieter looking spiff in his Burberry tuxedo...
Wearing with it, his silk paisley bow tie and cummerbund.
For some mysterious reason, that same bow tie got lost in Maastricht during the ISMS Conference in the year 2000...
You should have seen us—almost stripping the entire room—in vain!

Happy me—always after my Pieter's excellent performance — and now a relaxing evening!
Wearing my batik skirt from Indonesia and linen lace blouse.
~
Fond memories of all the FORUM members and that over many years!
BUT as of today, only two of those pioneers are still alive and that is Barry Holtz and my Pieter J.C. Vedder.

Sadly...

Jim Sinden passed away on December 20, 1994—born November 12, 1902
Sadly Paul Wuest passed away on September 05, 2006—born February 26, 1937
Hans Tschierpe passed away on April 15, 2009—born 1930
Lee Schisler passed away on October 27, 2021—born 1928
In our newest publication: modern mushroom growing 2020 harvesting ←click link
we did mention on page 415 — SINDEN, SCHISLER...

May all of their names never be forgotten by the mushroom industry!


Related links:
Pieter J.C. Vedder at Mushroom Industry Short Course Pennsylvania State University | previous post by me with sessions by Sinden, Vedder, Schisler and Wuest.

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Pieter J.C. Vedder at Mushroom Industry Short Course Pennsylvania State University

 On Tuesday, June 11 of 1985 husband Pieter replying to random questions about general mushroom culture—during Mushroom Industry Short Course at Pennsylvania State University.
Aron Kinrus made this video below—sorry for its very poor quality!

But don't forget to click CC for subtitles/closed captions!

Pieter at his best—off the top of his head replying to those questions...

Watch on YouTube and click on CC for subtitles/closed captions in English!
Yes, as the exam board of wur.nl – Wageningen University & Research wrote: the use of tools, he is one of the very best (see link below)
P.J.C. Vedder's 1987 Design for NEW COMPOSTING SYSTEM (Phase I) ←click link for Pieter's Wageningen University grades...
28th MUSHROOM INDUSTRY SHORT COURSE
in pink: Vedder, Pieter
Vice President, CAMSCO Produce Co., Inc. Dudley, Georgia
With yellow marker enlarged here below:
Tuesday, June 11, 1985
Tuesday Afternoon, Keller Conference Center
• General mushroom culture, room 402 — Vedder

Pieter conducted this together with scientist colleagues: Sinden, Schisler, Wuest...

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