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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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Photo entries for a museum exhibit
The camera club that I belong to, Photographic Society of Orange County, is putting on a show at Museo in Anaheim, CA. We each are to submit five images from foreign travel to represent as many countries as possible. I had a terrible time narrowing down my photos from France, Japan, Australia and Mexico. These were my finalists. Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, foreign travel, France, Japan, Mexico, Photographic Society of Orange County, photography, photos
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Harvest Monday and a garden update on Oct. 25, 2010
I took a lot of photos of my garden today to post on harvest Monday. Harvest isn’t much, some tomatoes and kale plus one lousy egg. The chickens are on strike. Continue reading
A new Whole Foods Market is opening in Huntington Beach, CA
Our newspaper column this week is going to be about the new Whole Foods Market that is opening in Huntington Beach on October 13, 2010. I went on a tour today and was wowed by what this store has to offer. … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Huntington Beach, Orange County, organic, photos, vegetables, Whole Foods Market
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Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific
I visited the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific today. They have a great new exhibit on human population growth, global warming, and the effect on the ocean. Continue reading
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Tagged global warming, Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific, photos, sustainable seafood
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How long will the tomatoes hold out?
The garden is supplying us with a seemingly never ending supply of tomatoes, but the apples are gone already. Continue reading
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Tagged Granny Smith apples, how to, photos, recipe, spaghetti sauce, tomatoes
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How to make guava jam
Here is a step-by-step guide to making jam out of pineapple guavas, with two recipes and photos. Continue reading
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Tagged Acca sellowiana, feijoa, guava, guavasteen, how to, jam, photos, pineapple guava, recipe
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Making every square inch count in the garden
I spent the first day of Labor Day weekend planting a bay laurel tree in a pot and planting my first strip of the season of melting sugar snow peas. Continue reading
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Tagged bay laurel, butterfly garden, Fruit, Fuyu Persimmon, lemon, orange, photos, vegetable garden
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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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Woohoo, it’s a record Harvest Monday for me
I harvested a record (for us) 16+ lbs of produce this week, plus 9 eggs. Photos show that plenty more produce is headed our way. Continue reading
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Tagged backyard chickens, Harvest Monday, photos, southern California, vegetable garden
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Whining for Brandywines
Tomatoes just aren’t ripening this year. My coastal southern California garden is no exception. Even the squash aren’t producing, so I replanted them in pots. Continue reading
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