The first harvest and more planting.

Well, we've gotten our first harvest. Apparently mushrooms grow very fast. Veeeeeery fast. So fast in fact that I kinda harvested them slightly too late. The mushrooms had already opened up. It didn't matter for taste thought. I made a nice omelette with them!

We'll keep the mushroom box around and see what happens. There might be more mushrooms on the way.

Apart from our first harvest we planted a few additional fruits. We've gotten a 'few' strawberry plants and a redcurrant. And today we got a few cucumber seeds and napa cabbage seeds from friends. I guess we'll have to figure out where to put those as well. Anyway, here are some pictures of the strawberries on their table.

They even have flowers already!

 

 

We are starting to see some potato plants coming up. And maybe some of the parsnips. I won't be weeding yet though as I'm not sure what to remove yet.

 

 

The potatoes are planted!

Today I planted the potatoes and beetroot. I put the potatoes some 5 to 10 cm under the soil and spread them around the beds at distances of about 40 cm. To give the soil a bit of a boost I mixed in a few bags of garden soil. Compost will be used later to fertilise the beds more. Now the waiting game starts.

When the potato plants have come up about 30 cm I'll add the next pallet collar. I'll then trim back the shoots and leaves on the lower 20 cm to the stem of the plant. That is the height of the collar, which I'll fill in with soil. Then it will be rinse and repeat for the coming few months. I'm really curious wether this potato tower will work.

As to the weather: It's getting a bit warmer and we've had our first rain in quite a bit. It seems like spring has finally decided to show her face.

Pictures will follow later. There isn't much to be seen aside from 4 beds filled with dirt. The rest of the yard still needs doing. I hope to get to that after this months' paycheck.

Here's a small update!

The weather is still cold, but slowly turning towards a proper spring. I expect to plant the potatoes and beetroots in a week or so.
The tomatoes are growing along nicely. My girlfriend took some pictures as she is much better at it then me. So here you go! Baby tomato plants!

I also got one of those grow it yourself mushroom thingies. Which is also coming along nicely. Some nice fungus pictures!

Yum!

Well, no... But they will be yum when they're starting to produce proper mushrooms.