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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
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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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Struggling with iMac on Harvest Monday
Arg, I can’t figure out how to work with photos on my new Mac. I can download them from camera to computer, but still don’t know how to process them. I have iPhoto and Aperture, but can’t find my new … Continue reading
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Harvest Monday June 18, 2012
I totaled up my harvests to date and I have picked 55 lbs of fruit and 114 lbs of vegetables so far this year. Continue reading
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Tagged first ripe tomato, Harvest Monday, harvest totals, southern California, vegetable garden
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Catching up; last week’s Harvest Monday
I am struggling to learn how to work with photos on my new iMac. This is the best I can do for my blog post for now. Continue reading
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Tagged Aperture, first ripe tomato, Harvest Monday, iMac, photography, vegetable garden
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Glass Gem corn
Glass Gem corn is a new variety that is as colorful and as translucent as precious gemstones. Read more about it here. Continue reading
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Tagged desert gardening, Glass Gem corn, Native Seed Search, southern California, water supply
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Holy cow!
Last night, we caught the biggest raccoon Ive ever seen. I’ll update you when I get a photo, but I’m still learning my new iMac and am not up to speed on photos yet. New camera, new computer, new software. … Continue reading
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Still waiting
My new computer still isn’t ready, so I continue to make do with my iPad. It is a spectacular June day in southern California. Birds are singing, a gentle breeze is blowing off the ocean, and all is right with … Continue reading
Waiting for Godot
I am without a computer today. 😦 I feel lost with “only” my iPad. I bought a new iMac yesterday, and am making a switch from PC to Apple at long last. I started out my computing life in 1983 … Continue reading
A Green Harvest Monday, June 4, 2012
My fruit and vegetable harvest this week was nearly 10 lbs, but the chickens aren’t laying much. Continue reading
Kitchen Cupboard Thursday on Sunday June 3, 2012
This was a good week for bok choy from the garden. I posted a recipe for Boy Choy and Water Chestnuts with Ginger and Garlic, as well as how to make corn on the cob with sage butter. Continue reading
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Tagged bok choy, corn on the cob with sage butter, garlic, ginger, Kitchen Cupboard Thursday, recipe, water chesnuts
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Harvest Monday on Memorial Day 2012
One of my hens, the barred rock, has gone broody. Do I give her some chicks to care for, or try to “cure” her of being broody? My harvest this week was nearly 3 lbs of produce. Continue reading
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Tagged Asian pear, backyard chickens, broody hen, urban chickens, vegetable garden
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