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HARVEST TOTALS 2019 as of July 31
81 lbs FRUIT
37 lbs VEGETABLES
118 lbs TOTAL PRODUCE plus 193 EGGS
GOAL 200 lbs produce plus 300 EGGS
HARVEST TOTAL for 2016
FRUIT
VEGETABLES
TOTAL PRODUCE plus 285 EGGS
GOAL 200 lbs produce plus 350 EGGS
Harvest Totals for 2015 as of
FRUIT
VEGETABLES
TOTAL PRODUCE plus 466 EGGS
GOAL 200 lbs produce plus 400 EGGS
Harvest Totals for 2014
86 lbs FRUIT
81 lbs VEGETABLES
167 lbs TOTAL PRODUCE plus 530 EGGS
GOAL was 250 lbs produce plus 450 eggs
Harvest Totals 2013
91 lbs FRUIT
74 lbs VEGETABLES
165 lbs TOTAL PRODUCE plus 770 EGGS
GOAL = 350 lbs PRODUCE plus 400 EGGS
Harvest Totals for 2012
73 lbs FRUIT
218 lbs VEGETABLES
291 lbs TOTAL PRODUCE plus 320 eggs
GOAL = 350 lbs PRODUCE plus 350 EGGS
Harvest Totals for 2011
47 lbs FRUIT
187 lbs VEGETABLES
234 lbs total Produce plus 313 eggs
Harvest Totals for 2010
58 lbs FRUIT
166 lbs VEGETABLES
224 lbs TOTAL PRODUCE plus 463 eggs
USDA Zone 10
Sunset Climate Zone 24 Coastal Southern CaliforniaTop 10 most popular Posts
- Planting sunchokes and potatoes
- Connecting rain barrels in series
- February fruits, flowers and veggies in a southern California garden
- Earth Day and a birding trip to the Eastern Sierras
- Growing fruit on my urban Southern California mini-farm
- Don't plant daffodils with onions
- Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera
- Cooking with the sun!
- Correlation of winter chill hours with harvests from deciduous fruit trees
Blogs posted on these dates
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- Bee Girl at Sky Minded and Ever Growing Garden, hens, and bees in Santa Fe, NM.
- Curbstone Valley Farm A garden, orchard, chicken blog set in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California
- Diary of a Tomato New England veggie garden and recipe blog
- Down on the Allotment “Matron’s” blog about vegetable gardening on an allotment in London, and dog training
- From Seed to Table Michelle gardens ten miles from the Pacific Ocean in the hills of Carmel Valley of California, with vegetables and chickens.
- Garden to Wok Norma Chang’s cooking and gardening blog.
- Graphix Muse Garden Spot An attractive garden blog from Maine
- Greenhorn in the Garden Turling’s new vegetable garden in southern California.
- Grow It, Can It, Cook It Caroline’s northern California blog about growing and preserving produce.
- Henbogle Ali’s beautiful and productive vegetable garden with chickens in Maine.
- High Desert Garden Mac’s vegetable garden in the harsh climate of the high desert
- Liz at Suburban Tomato Liz’s Down Under vegetable garden blog.
- My Little Vegetable Garden Bangchik and Kakdah’s darling vegetable garden blog in Putrajava, Malaysia
- Our Engineered Garden A square foot vegetable garden in Russellville, Alabama
- Our Happy Acres Villager’s southern Indiana garden and macro photography
- Sicilian Sisters Grow Food Stefaneer and Denise write about their northern California gardens with fruit, veggies, bees and hens.
- The Corner Yard Ribbit’s square foot vegetable garden in Georgia.
- The Enchanted Earth Meredith’s vegetable garden in South Carolina.
- The Gardener of Eden Robin is hosting “Using the Harvest” Thursdays
- Urban Veggie Garden Blog Dan’s nifty vegetable and canning blog from Ontario, Canada
Useful Links
- American Livestock Breeds Conservancy A non-profit dedicated to preservation of heritage breeds of livestock
- Blotanical A terrific network of gardening bloggers
- California Native Plant Society
- Corbahead Tools Blog Gardening tips from a terrific Wisconsin garden tool company
- Gardener's Supply Company My favorite online gardening catalog store
- Local Harvest Where to find local farmers who sell direct to the public, farmers markets, CSAs, etc.
- Native Seed Search a source for seeds and other products of the American Southwest
- Orange County, CA Master Gardeners Useful gardening advice for southern California
- Slow Food USA Promoting food that is grown and prepared the old-fashioned way
- Tanaka Farms A farmer’s blog from our local CSA organic farm in Irvine, CA
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Save the planet. Grow a garden.Blog Archives
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Cinnamon apples for Thanksgiving
Cinnamon apples, served chilled in a cinnamon-sugar syrup, were an old time dish that was made from cinnamon Redhot candies and cooking apples. This variation uses allspice, stick cinnamon, Meyer lemon, grated orange peel, and cranberries to make a delicious fruit sauce to accompany turkey. Continue reading
She who dies with the most seeds wins
Gardeners often buy more seeds, bulbs and plants than they need, but who is to say what someone needs? Plant and seed buying may address a deep-seated genetic desire to have enough food. Continue reading
The Honest Scrap Award
Daphne of Daphne’s Dandelions bestowed the Honest Scrap Award on my blog. Thanks Daphne! Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged award, blog, gardening as therapy, grief, Honest Scrap, loss of child
12 Comments
Don’t plant daffodils with onions
Plant daffodils and narcissus in the fall for spring bloom, but be cautious where you plant them. The bulbs contain a toxic alkaloid and are poisonous. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged bulbs, calcium oxalate, daffodils, flowers, lycopene, lycorine, narcissus, paperwhites
8 Comments
French sorrel in tomato bisque
Sorrel is an easy herb to grow and adds a nice lemony tang to soups and sauces. Continue reading
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Tagged French sorrel, herb, recipe, Rumex scutatus, sorrel, tomato bisque, tomato soup
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Best of Monterey in photographs
My photographs of Monterey and Salinas taken on a photo club tour of the area. Continue reading
Saga of the dead iris
Negative experiences with one employee can influence public opinion about an entire chain and its products. Fair? No. But it’s a fact of corporate life. Continue reading
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Tagged Green Garden, home improvement stores, iris, iris rhizomes, store exchange
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Fall is the time to plant iris
Proper soil prepation and good planting technique will get your bearded and Douglas irises off to a good start. Continue reading
Eat locally grown heirloom vegetables and heritage breeds of livestock
Eating locally grown, organic heirloom vegetables and heritage breed livestock helps preserve these old-time varieties and breeds and helps the environment. Continue reading
