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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: southern California
My southern California garden in August
My how time flies. Where has the summer gone? I know where mine went. Bye-bye. My last post was in April. In May, I went to Yellowstone National Park, driving by myself. I was on assignment from Desert USA magazine, … Continue reading
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Tagged apples, avocados, backyard chickens, bloodflower milkweed, butterfly, California, chicken coop, climate change, drought, fiery skipper, Fruit, garden, gardening in containers, hens, lemons, limes, Monarch butterflies, opossum, oranges, photos, raised beds, southern California, vegetable garden
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Harvest Monday on April 22, 2014
On a blistering hot Santa Ana wind day, I logged in a record harvest of over 20 lbs of produce. Continue reading
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Tagged citrus, Harvest Monday, peaches, Santa Ana winds, southern California
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Harvest Monday (on Wednesday, April 21, 2014
Here is our harvest from last week, with a recipe plus photos for a delicious omelette. Continue reading
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Tagged backyard chickens, bell peppers, chard, collard greens, Harvest Monday, how to make, lettuce, omelette, photos, recipe, southern California, urban chickens, vegetable garden
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Harvest Monday, April 14, 2014
Photos of what is in bloom in our southern California garden in April, including fruit trees, plus many fruit and vegetables nearing harvest. Continue reading
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Tagged apples, artichokes, Asian pear, backyard chickens, bell peppers, bloodflower milkweed, drought tolerant, flowers, Harvest Monday, lavender, lavender sugar, lettuce, limes, Meyer lemon, Monarch butterflies, oranges, peaches, raised beds, southern California, vegetables, water conservation
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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
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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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November 2013 in the garden
Late autumn in my yard and garden in southern California this year is a mix of unseasonably hot days and fall foliage, plus an odd mix of summer vegetables that are hanging on, and winter citrus that is ripening. Continue reading
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Tagged avocados, backyard chickens, bell peppers, citrus, climate change, eggplant, fall foliage, Giant Marconi pepper, global warming, hens, lemons, limes, oranges, photos, southern California, vegetables
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My garden in macro: insects and buds
Here are some macro shots of insects and flower buds from my garden. Continue reading
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Tagged Anna's hummingbird, assassin bug, blackberries, buttercup squash, butterfly garden, cabbage butterfly, Crimson Sweet watermelon, female flower, fertilization, fiery skipper, honeybee, housefly, kuri, macro, macro shots, monarch butterfly, monarch butterfly caterpillar, Nikkor 18-300 mm lens, Nikon D7100, ovary, paper wasp, photos, skippers, southern California, squash blossoms, tomato hornworm, Western fence lizard
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