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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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Fall foliage and flowers in December, but no eggs.
December is an odd time in coastal southern California. We have autumn foliage on the trees, and our winter flowers are in bloom. It makes for an odd juxtaposition. Now that it is December and Dino-peep is molting, we are … Continue reading
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Tagged chickens, citrus, compost, drought tolerant, egg production, eggs, flowers, green living, hen, old chickens, photos, pollinator garden, pullet, southern California, winter flowers
4 Comments
Look What I Built!
My southern California urban garden suffers from lack of space and lack of sunlight. The only place where we get sun all day long is the sloped, concrete driveway. Our next door neighbor built a lovely sloped shelf on which … Continue reading
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Tagged beet, compost, cotyledon leaves, elevated planter box, garden construction, Gardener's Supply Company, gardening in containers, green beans, mesclun, Miracle Gro Moisture Control potting soil, photos, radish, seedlings, southern California, squash, vegetable garden
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My December Garden: The good, the bad, and the ugly
A southern California garden in winter is a mix of spring and fall, all at once, with rain. Some of it is good, some bad, and some is downright ugly. Continue reading
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Tagged artichokes, cabbage worm, compost, gardening in containers, green living, nature, photos, raised beds, southern California, vegetable garden, yams
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Record heat in LA, global weirding!
Record heat and crazy weather affects what blooms and grows in my yard. Climate change is affecting crops around the world, and not in a good way. Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic, artichokes, clathrates, climate change, compost, Fruit, global warming, permafrost, southern California, vegetable garden
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Harvest Monday, August 9, 2010
I harvested over 10 lbs of vegetables from our garden this week, including a 5 lb beet that placed second in the “Large Beet” category at the Orange County Fair. Continue reading
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Tagged beet, compost, earthworms, green beans, Harvest Monday, Orange County Fair, photos, Southern Alligator Lizard, tomatoes, vegetable garden
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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 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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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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