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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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- 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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Eat locally grown heirloom vegetables and heritage breeds of livestock
Eating locally grown, organic heirloom vegetables and heritage breed livestock helps preserve these old-time varieties and breeds and helps the environment. Continue reading
Building a small water garden
Building a backyard (or front yard) pond or water feature is easy and will provide habitat for wildlife as well as pleasure for you. Continue reading
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Tagged Black Midnight, build a pond, Colocasia esculenta, landscaping, pond, taro, water feature, water garden, water hyacinth
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Taro–the potato of the Tropics
Taro is a food staple for about 600 million people, but is grown mainly as a water garden ornamental in the mainland U.S. Continue reading
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Tagged calcium oxalate, Colocasia esculenta, elephant ear, Hawaii, Malaysia, Pacific Islands, Palau, poi, pond, taro, water garden
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Our new McCullough electric chipper
A McCullough chipper is a big step forward in the “yard waste to chicken run to compost bin to garden” cycle. A revamped pathway and a new solar light for the chicken coop are the most recent major accomplishments in our backyard makeover. Continue reading
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A Southern California garden in November
Raised beds and square foot gardening make growing a lot of vegetables in a small space a snap, especially in southern California where gardens grow year-round. Continue reading
One step closer to urban chickens
Our chicken coop, a real Cluckingham Palace, is taking shape in our back yard. Continue reading
Pumpkins aren’t just for Halloween
Heirloom pumpkins offer a smorgasborg of shapes, colors, surfaces and tastes. Organic pumpkins are too good to just toss after Halloween. Continue reading
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Tagged Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, compost, Ferry Morse seeds, heirloom, organic, pumpkin, seeds, vegetables
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Harvesting broccoli and lettuce in Salinas Valley
Growing your own vegetables at home saves fossil fuel that would be burned cooling and shipping the produce to stores. Home vegetable gardens can help combat global warming. Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture tour, agventuretour.com, California, commercial harvesting, commercial shipping, fossil fuel, Garden Supply Company, gardening in containers, global warming, greenhouse gases, harvesting broccoli, home gardens, lettuce, posting videos, Salinas Valley, vegetable garden, video
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Urban Chicken Wars
You’d think keeping chickens in the backyard would be a breeze. Not if you need a city permit. Continue reading
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