Nick Frillman, a local food systems and small farms educator with the University of Illinois Extension, demonstrates the process of shocking or forced fruiting shiitake mushrooms on Thursday, April 9, 2026, from hardwood sugar maple logs at the Refuge Food Forest in Normal.
NORMAL — Community members have an opportunity to tour and care for the Refuge Food Forest in Normal during two upcoming University of Illinois Extension events this summer.
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Carissa Debolt, left, gardening assistant and agriculture and natural resources intern, and Nick Frillman, a local food systems and small farms educator with the University of Illinois Extension, demonstrate the process of shocking, or forced fruiting, shiitake mushrooms from hardwood sugar maple logs on Thursday, April 9, 2026, at the Refuge Food Forest in Normal.
Nick Frillman, a local food systems and small farms educator with the University of Illinois Extension, can be seen on April 9, 2026, behind a hedgerow of fruiting trees within Refuge Food Forest in Normal.
Nick Frillman, a local food systems and small farms educator with the University of Illinois Extension, can be seen on April 9, 2026, behind a hedgerow of fruiting trees within Refuge Food Forest in Normal.
Carissa Debolt, left, gardening assistant and agriculture and natural resources intern, and Nick Frillman, a local food systems and small farms educator with the University of Illinois Extension, demonstrate the process of shocking, or forced fruiting, shiitake mushrooms from hardwood sugar maple logs on Thursday, April 9, 2026, at the Refuge Food Forest in Normal.
