Thanks a lot! This is kind of the configuration that I have converged to, with nginx and WireGuard. The last thing I need to set up correctly is for the SSL handshake to occur between the client and my home server, and not between the client and the internet-facing VPS, such that the information remains encrypted and unreadable to the VPS. The two strategies that I have seen can do this is SNI routing with nginx or to use stunnel. I still have not been able to set up either!

From what I have learned today, I think that Wireguard Tunnel is what I want!

First I was able to use nginx as a reverse proxy to route the information from my home network through the VPS. But with this approach the client would do the SSL handshake with the VPS, and then the VPS fetches information from my home network via HTTP. Since there is no encryption layer between my VPS and my home network, I suppose that the flow of information between my home server and the VPS is insecure.

Then, I need to establish some form of encrypted connection between my home server and the VPS... And that is where the Wireguard Tunnel comes in! This tunnel allows me to transfer the information with encryption.

I am still reading and setting it up, but yeah, I'm liking this, thanks!

Yeah! Look, here I have two jars of popcorn kernel grain spawn. On each one of the jars I put in a small piece of a King Oyster mushroom that I bought in the supermarket. I rub 70% isopropanol around the mushroom and then I tear the mushroom open and take out a tiny piece of issue from the inside. These jars were inoculated on May 16, so this is 23 days of growth:

The left one I already shook and the right one is still un-shaken.

What I mean about the hydration is that with rye grain I would often end up with grains a bit too wet and sticky, making it impossible to shake the spawn properly. The colonized grain would turn into a hard block that I had to take out with a spoon! With properly hydrated and surface-dried grain, you can shake the grains and they separate very well, making it much easier to work with them.

What I do is I buy one of these bags from the supermarket (900 g, cost is about $2.5 per kilo or $1.13 per pound):

No need to pre-soak them. I cook them in the pressure cooker for 25 - 30 minutes, starting the timer once pressure is reached without venting (this is not a sterilization step, just a cooking step). Without a pressure cooker they can be boiled for about 1 hour. Then I place them in a colander to dry - at least one hour, over night is even better. The grains should not be wet outside and they should still be firm, but it should be possible to crush them between your fingers if a moderate amount of force is applied.

Since each person has a different setup, the best way to get the right hydration for your own setup is to measure the amount of water absorbed a few times until you are happy with your procedure. You weight the grains before cooking them, and you weight them again after cooking and drying them. The increase in weight for popcorn of 40% - 70% would be a good amount of hydration.

$17 for 4 pounds of rye is quite expensive... That comes out to 4.25 / lb! Current prices I can find for my region are closer to $0.5 / lb for buying bulk. So for a mushroom farmer that buys rye in bulk from as close to the source as possible it makes a lot of sense to use rye because it is a really good grain and cheap, but when it is not sold locally and you have to order it from a specialty shop you are paying a high premium for it! Hope that makes sense!