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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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- A spring morning in my front yard on Harvest Monday April 8, 2013
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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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Autumn photo trip from Lone Pine to Bishop California, Oct. 27, 2010
This is the first set of my photos of autumn along California Highway 395 from Lone Pine to Bishop. Continue reading
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Tagged Bishop, California, fall foliage, Lone Pine, Photographic Society of Orange County, photography, photos
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Harvest Monday on Election Tuesday, Nov.1 2010
I harvested only 8.5 oz. of cucumbers from my garden this week. Pathetic. And the chickens are molting and not laying. Good thing we have grocery stores nearby. Continue reading
Photo entries for a museum exhibit
The camera club that I belong to, Photographic Society of Orange County, is putting on a show at Museo in Anaheim, CA. We each are to submit five images from foreign travel to represent as many countries as possible. I had a terrible time narrowing down my photos from France, Japan, Australia and Mexico. These were my finalists. Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, foreign travel, France, Japan, Mexico, Photographic Society of Orange County, photography, photos
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Harvest Monday and a garden update on Oct. 25, 2010
I took a lot of photos of my garden today to post on harvest Monday. Harvest isn’t much, some tomatoes and kale plus one lousy egg. The chickens are on strike. Continue reading
Harvest Monday on Tuesday, 10-20-2010
I didn’t think I was going to have a harvest this week other than a green onion, but then I ended up raiding the garden for dinner on Sunday. We had Mussels Mariere with linguine and heirloom tomato salad. The … Continue reading
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The best homemade apple pie ever
I just baked the last apple pie of the season with our homegrown Granny Smith apples. Visit my blog to see the recipe and a photo. Continue reading
Homemade Tomato Soup
In response to a request from a fellow blogger, I’m writing up my recipe for making and canning homemade tomato soup. Continue reading
A new Whole Foods Market is opening in Huntington Beach, CA
Our newspaper column this week is going to be about the new Whole Foods Market that is opening in Huntington Beach on October 13, 2010. I went on a tour today and was wowed by what this store has to offer. … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Huntington Beach, Orange County, organic, photos, vegetables, Whole Foods Market
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Harvest Monday Oct. 11 2010
The garage sale to benefit the HB Community Garden went well this past weekend, raising about $830. My harvest for the past week is dwindling, but I still got over two lbs of produce. Continue reading
The tyranny of harvest time
I’m running on empty these days. The garage sale to benefit the community garden is coming up and I’m still cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, trying to find more things to donate. I’m even too busy for Harvest Monday this week. Monday … Continue reading
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