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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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- Happy Easter, Happy Spring
- Harvest Monday on the hottest day in LA history
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- Harvest Monday and a garden update on Oct. 25, 2010
- What I do for a living--and a Harvest Monday
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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, March 15, 2010
This week my garden produced nearly two pounds of produce plus 18 eggs. Continue reading
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Tagged backyard chickens, Harvest Monday, urban chickens, vegetable garden
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Mid-March photos of my garden
Spring is a time of eternal hope in the garden with new leaves, shoots and blooms. Take a photo tour of this southern California urban “farm.” Continue reading
Got something else–an opossum!
Catching and releasing an oppossum from a backyard garden to the wilds of an urban park that is landscaped with native plants is better for the garden and the animal. Continue reading
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Tagged havahart, live trap, opossum, possum, trapping, urban wildlife
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Got him!
We finally caught the animal that had been raiding our garden. See how to trap and release an opossum or raccoon humanely. Continue reading
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Tagged Hav-a-Hart, how to, live animal trap, live trap, opossum, raccoon, urban wildlife, video
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Harvest and planting Monday 3-8-2010
Spring is in full force in southern California, with harvest of winter vegetables, blooming of fruit trees, and planting of the last spring vegetables and the first summer vegetables. Continue reading
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Tagged Harvest Monday, huevos rancheros, opossum, recipe, vegetable garden
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Ack, I’ve been hit!
Night marauding urban wildlife can wreak havoc with a garden. Live trapping is one solution. Continue reading
Harvest and planting Monday, March 1, 2010
Spring planting is well underway. This past week I planted horseradish. Technically, Vic planted it, but I’ll take credit. Horseradish is an ugly plant and spreads like crazy, so we grow it in a pot. Sounds like we’re old hands … Continue reading
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Making a sage farinata
How to make an Italian appetizer called sage farinata, with photos and step-by-step instructions. This recipe also has onions and olives, and is very tasty. Continue reading
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Tagged appetizer, farinata, herb garden, olive, onion, photos, recipe, sage
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Harvest and planting Monday, Feb. 21, 2010
I harvested 16 eggs and a variety of greens and citrus from my backyard this week. Continue reading
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Tagged backyard chickens, hens, southern California, urban chickens, vegetable garden
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February fruits, flowers and veggies in a southern California garden
A photo documentary of a profusion of fruits, vegetables and flowers growing in a coastal southern California yard in February. Continue reading
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