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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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Tag Archives: Komatsuna
Harvest Monday, March 31, 2014
Here is my Harvest Monday post, the first I’ve done in a LONG time, plus photographs of some of my produce that is ready to harvest. This week we harvested 2 lbs, 6 ounces of vegetables, and gathered 15 eggs from our hens. Continue reading
What’s in bloom in February 2014 in my southern California garden
Here is what is growing and blooming in my southern California garden–fruits, vegetables, and flowers. And yet we use only 1/3 the amount of water used by the average Californian. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged avocados, California, drought tolerant, flowers, Fruit, garden, gardening in containers, JPEG files, Komatsuna, lettuce, Nikon D7100, organic, photography, photos, raised beds, RAW files, southern California, succulents, vegetable garden, vegetables, water conservation
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Two months of harvests
Photos of various fruit and vegetable harvests over the past couple of months. Continue reading
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Tagged artichokes, avocados, bok choy, Fruit, garden, Komatsuna, photos, raised beds, soaker hose, southern California, vegetable garden, vegetables, water garden
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Harvest Monday, November 21, 2011
This week’s harvest of five pounds of produce puts me at a year total of 222 lbs, just a hair short of last year’s harvest of 224 lbs. With six more weeks left, I should easily beat last year’s harvest poundage from my little garden. Continue reading
Harvest Monday, November 14, 2011
I harvested 5 lbs 11 oz of produce the first two weeks of November, but am getting no eggs from my hens. Continue reading
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Tagged backyard chickens, Gardener's Supply Company, Harvest Monday, Komatsuna, mizuna, photos, raised beds
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Harvest Monday, Sept. 13 2010
I harvested over 11 lbs of produce this, including the first Fuji and Granny Smith apples and Russett potatoes of the year. Continue reading
Harvest Monday, August 30, 2010
The late August harvest is slowing down, but I still got 7 pounds of fruits and vegetables and nine eggs from my southern California urban garden this week. Continue reading
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Tagged blueberries, Fruit, Granny Smith apples, green beans, Harvest Monday, Komatsuna, photos, strawberries, vegetables
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Heading for a record harvest week!
This week is shaping up to be a record harvest from my little vegetable garden. Only 2/3 lb more and I’ll have topped 10 lbs for the week. Continue reading
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Tagged green beans, Kitazawa Seed Company, Komatsuna, tomatoes, vegetable garden
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Harvest Monday August 2, 2010
This harvest Monday our garden produced 6 lbs 3.5 oz fruits and vegetables plus 9 eggs. Continue reading
Harvest Monday in southern California, Dec. 7
This week I harvested bok choy, kale and bell peppers. I planted kailaan and komatsuna (Japanese mustard greens) and set out containers to collect rain. Continue reading
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Tagged bok choy. bell peppers, cauliflower, chicken coop, Kailaan, kale, Komatsuna, radish, rain, recipe, southern California, vegetables, water storage
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