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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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Sunset Climate Zone 24 Coastal Southern CaliforniaTop 10 most popular Posts
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- Growing fruit on my urban Southern California mini-farm
- Harvest Monday in southern California, Dec. 7
- We survived the heat wave--Happy St. Patrick's Day
- Spring flowers and summing up the harvest so far this year
- My woeful garden, June 2015
- A spring morning in my front yard on Harvest Monday April 8, 2013
- Harvest Monday on the hottest day in LA history
- Next to last harvest of the year
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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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Harvest Monday, July 19 2010
On the week ending July 18 2010, I harvested nearly four pounds of fruits and vegetables from my tiny urban garden in southern California. Continue reading
Harvest Monday, July 12, 2010
Here is my fruit, vegetable and egg harvest for July 12, 2010. I’m now picking up spent brew mash from our local beer brewery to compost and feed to my chickens. Continue reading
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Tagged backyard chickens, compost, Fruit, Harvest Monday, hens, spent brew mash
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Harvest Monday, July 5, 2010
Harvest Monday in early July saw a lot of fruits and vegetables from my little southern California urban “farm,” with over seven pounds of fruits and vegetables plus 11 eggs. Continue reading
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Tagged backyard chickens, Fruit, Harvest Monday, hens, opossum, photos, vegetable garden
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How to Make Lavender Sugar
Instructions for making lavender sugar. It is a delicious addition to fruit and can be used for making lavender cake and lavender cookies. Continue reading
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Harvest Monday June 28, 2010
Squirrels and other critters are raiding my tiny garden and not leaving enough fruit for me. I harvested only 1 lb 7 oz. of produce this week, and even the chickens have quit laying. Frustrating. Continue reading
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Tagged backyard chickens, compost, Fruit, garden pests, Harvest Monday, Smart Pots, vegetable garden
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Harvest Monday June 21, 2010 (on Thursday)
This week I harvested over four pounds of fruits and vegetables from my garden, plus 7 eggs from my backyard chickens. Varmits got some of my crops–again. Continue reading
My 100th Blog Post: Our southern California fruit, flower, and veggie gardens in June
Here are photos of the fruits, flowers and veggies growing in my coastal, urban, southern California garden in mid-June. Continue reading
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Tagged backyard chickens, flowers, Fruit, hens, photos, vegetable garden, vegetables, video
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Harvest Monday, June 14, 2010
Here is my vegetable, fruit and egg harvest from my southern California urban garden for the week ending Sunday June 13, 2010. Continue reading
Night Visitors
Night visitors, possibly raccoons, raided my garden last night, looking for worms. They dug up my raised beds and made a mess of things. Continue reading
Harvest Monday June 7 2010 on MONDAY!
Ah, rats. I thought it was still Monday. Somehow it’s gotten to be after midnight, so it’s actually Tuesday. Still, that’s better than posting on Friday. I worked from sunup to sundown in the garden today, and I’m beat. It’s … Continue reading
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