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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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- Growing fruit on my urban Southern California mini-farm
- Harvest Monday, Nov. 29, 2010
- A Green Harvest Monday, June 4, 2012
- My woeful garden, June 2015
- We survived the heat wave--Happy St. Patrick's Day
- Spring flowers and summing up the harvest so far this year
- Harvest Monday and a garden update on Oct. 25, 2010
- Setting up and using rain barrels
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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: raised beds
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
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged backyard chickens, Gardener's Supply Company, Harvest Monday, Komatsuna, mizuna, photos, raised beds
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Harvest Monday, and fall planting in my backyard garden
This Harvest Monday I’m reporting a harvest of over 13 lbs, plus showing photos of my fall garden planted in the backyard in raised beds. Continue reading
Why I’m behind on putting in my fall garden
My gardening activity has fallen off recently because we have a new grandson, baby Mike. Continue reading
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Tagged community garden, garden fence, grandkids, Huntington Beach Community Garden, raised beds, wooden beds
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Running harvest totals–will I harvest 300 lbs this year?
I’ve just added a sidebar with harvest poundage, divided into fruits and vegetables. I also put in the totals from 2010, which is when I began weighing my harvests. Learned that from the rest of you garden bloggers. But keeping … Continue reading
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Tagged Amish pie pumpkin, apples, avocados, blackberries, Fruit, opossum, photos, pumpkins, raised beds, southern California, vegetable garden
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Beautiful spring day in the garden
Here is a photo tour of flowers in bloom plus shots of the many kinds of fruit and veggies growing in our “urban farmlet.” Continue reading
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Tagged apples, backyard chickens, flowers, Fruit, Gardener's Supply Company, green beans, photos, raised beds, vegetable garden, water garden
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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
Harvest Monday, July 19 2010
On the week ending July 18 2010, I harvested nearly four pounds of fruits and vegetables from my tiny urban garden in southern California. Continue reading
Sweaty Sunday May 30 2010
Time for planting summer vegetables in coastal southern California. Continue reading
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Tagged apples, avocados, cabbage, cauliflower, Fruit, organic, raised beds, southern California, tomatoes, 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
My pond and veggie garden in southern California, January 2010
Status of our southern California yard, pond and vegetable gardens in January, with photos. Continue reading
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Tagged artichokes, bell peppers, cauliflower, chard, garden, photos, pond, raised beds, vegetable garden, vegetables, water garden
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