You will get 2 large white oak logs, roughly 3 to 5 inches in diameter and 12 inches long, cut from standing live trees in our sustainable forest.You will not get the logs pictured, but nearly identical ones. They will be shipped in a large flat rate box to help keep shipping as low as possible for our valued customers the logs will take up very little space for your mushroom growing experience, and once inoculated with the mushroom plugs of your choice, they will require no more care nor knowledge than a common house plant.