First Harvest

Things have been growing pretty slowly in the garden patch, partly because it's Winter and partly because I didn't buy any fertiliser for the first couple of months.

I took some pictures a few weeks back, but didn't get around to uploading them until now. Here's the initial patch; it's mostly leeks, with a few spring onions. I also planted some garlic cloves, which have really taken off! Some of the leeks are starting to look impressive, but they either have a long way to go still, or they're going to end up the same size as large spring onions.

I've also turned over a new patch, in preparation for the Spring planting season.

Today I reaped my first harvest - a whole two spring onions! These are from the Red Legs seedlings I planted when the garden first went in. I took the two largest, which were a decent size but not huge, and left the others to grow a bit more.

Steak knife for scale

Tonight for dinner, we had Atlantic salmon with poached egg on toast, garnished with our spring onions! I forgot to take a picture before I started eating it... Very tasty, but I overcooked the egg a little.