April 23, 2018 – Second flush of mushrooms

         I am back again with pictures of the Baby Bella Crimini mushrooms I am growing in a box in my closet.  The box is manufactured by Mushroom Adventures and I spray the medium with water morning, noon and night and if I happen to be in the master closet and it looks dry, I give it another misting.

         These were the size of pencil erasers two evenings ago and then I kept an eye on them yesterday as they developed.  Today, I harvested them about 4:00 p.m. for an ingredient of our supper.

         I took hamburger and crumbed it in a bit of olive oil and butter and then sliced up the mushrooms and sautéed them together.  Simply served up with a sprinkle of sea salt and cracked black pepper.  We are eating simple and easy with a tossed salad on the side tonight.

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         This time, my husband was more excited about them.  He was merely surprised how delicious they were the last time.

         Feed number two – box back in closet going for another flush and more scrumptiousness.

 April 11, 2018 – Drum roll please! Mushrooms

         The routine has been to spritz the box of mushrooms I have in my closet in the dark with water every morning and night and I got a surprise last night.  A box full of mushrooms ready to pick.  It was too late last night so first thing this morning, I brought the box out to the kitchen under the light and went to work harvesting.

         You gently grab hold of the cap and twist it gently to get the entire mushroom including the growing base out of the medium.  I started with the single ones first so that I could get a handle on the gentle twisting technique.  But, alas, I did snap one cap off and then had to twist out the base.  One isn’t bad since I haven’t done this in a while.

         The next step is to trim off the bottom of each, brush any medium that stuck to the caps or stems in their growing process and violá we are ready to have a lovely mushroom omelet for breakfast.

         When you slice them – they have this incredible “crunch” sound that you usually don’t get with store bought mushrooms.

         Now to mark the harvest amount on my calendar and see when the next flush comes.

         If this doesn’t spur you on to try this gardening project – I can’t imagine what will.  Again, these are crimini baby bella mushrooms.  These come from Mushroom Adventures. 

https://www.mushroomadventures.com/

                   YUM, YUM, smack my lips, YUM.

April 4, 2018 – Baby Bella Crimini

         I started my box of mushrooms from Mushroom Adventures about two weeks ago and the picture below isn’t much – but you can see I have pins about the diameter of a pencil eraser.

         I have it in my cool closet in the dark and twice a day – I spray it with water to keep it moist.

         You can see the grouping of white on the sides and a few groups in the southeast corner.  Things are progressing well.

         This is only an enticement – more to follow in a few days.  I can’t wait for a fresh mushroom and fresh spinach salad.  I’ll work on the lighting on the next one.  Until then – happy gardening – even it is in a closet.