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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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- Harvest Monday, November 21, 2011
- Next to last harvest of the year
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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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Views from the front (yard) on Memorial Day Weekend
I have a new raised bed in the yard that I’m calling the Pumpkin Patch. I planted some Rouge Vif d’Etampes and Queensland Blue pumpkins that I hope will make pumpkins for my three little granddaughters for Halloween this fall. Continue reading
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Tagged pumpkin, Queensland Blue, raised beds, Rouge Vif d'Etampes
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How to Make Yummy Borscht (Russian Cabbage and Beet Soup)
I made a delicious borscht in our solar oven this week. I absolutely LOVE cooking in it. Continue reading
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Tagged beets, borscht, cabbage, photos, recipe, Russian, solar oven, soup, Sun Oven
2 Comments
How to make great strawberry jam
Oh how I wish that these strawberries were from my own garden. But they’re not. They’re farmer’s market strawberries. My entire strawberry harvest this week went onto a bowl of cereal this morning. I can only dream of the day … Continue reading
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Tagged home canning, jam, photos, preserves, recipe, strawberries, strawberry, video
6 Comments
Harvest Monday May 21, 2012 and a peek at future harvests
My harvest for the week exceeded 10 lbs, plus 11 eggs. Continue reading
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Tagged apples, artichokes, avocados, cucumber, flowers, Fruit, green beans, Harvest Monday, photos, radish, raised beds, vegetable garden
12 Comments
Kitchen Cupboard Thursday and making Lemon Marmalade
Here is what I have left of my home-canned produce–35 jars of various jams, pickles and vegetables. Continue reading
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Tagged home canning, how to, Kitchen Cupboard Thursday, lemon marmalade, recipe
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Harvest Monday May 14, 2012
The harvest from my yard this week was 2 lbs of produce, mostly fruit, and 11 eggs from our hens. Continue reading
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Tagged artichokes, backyard chickens, Fruit, grapes, Harvest Monday, nectarines, peaches, vegetable garden
12 Comments
200th Blog Post–Harvest Monday and Kitchen Cupboard Thursday
I’m running behind on blog posts. Here is my 200th blog post, Harvest Monday, and Kitchen Cupboard Thursday all rolled into one. Continue reading
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Tagged avocados, beef stew, Harvest Monday, Kitchen Cupboard Thursday, orange honey butter, recipe
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I built a raised garden bed by myself
I built a raised bed in our front yard for growing vegetables, using my new cordless drill as a screwdriver. Here’s how. Continue reading
How to make sun tea
There are so many different ways to save energy. Making sun tea is just one of them. Frankly, I think it tastes better too. It couldn’t be easier. Find a nice lidded quart container, like a glass canning jar. I … Continue reading
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Tagged global warming, how to, iced tea, make, save energy, sun tea
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Harvest Monday, April 30 2012
For Harvest Monday this week, I put in photos of flowers in my garden, ducks in the yard, and fruit yet to be harvested. It was a harvest for the soul. But I also harvested over three pounds of produce and the chickens produced 13 eggs this week. Continue reading
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Tagged grapes, Harvest Monday, irises, nectarines, peaches, photos, vegetable garden
10 Comments
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