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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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Here I go again with Harvest Monday (May 31) on Friday
Here is my harvest for the week prior to May 31 from my southern California garden. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Harvest Monday, photos, Smart Pot, vegetable garden, vegetables
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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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Spring is a busy time in the garden
Here is what is growing in my coastal southern California vegetable garden so far in 2010. Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday for Gardeners, April 21, 2010
Wordless Wednesday is when bloggers post photos without words. I can’t resist adding at least a caption. I’m hosting a Wordless Wednesday for Gardeners. Stop by and take a peek. Continue reading
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Tagged backyard chickens, photography, photos, vegetable garden, water garden, Wordless Wednesday
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Harvest Monday, April 19, 2010
On Harvest Monday, gardening bloggers report how much produce they harvested in the prior week. Continue reading
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Tagged backyard chickens, flowers, Fruit, Harvest Monday, photos, vegetable garden, water garden
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Wordless Wednesday for Gardeners on Friday April 16, 2010
Host site for Wordless Wednesday for Gardeners, where people link to their own blogs with photos without explanations. Continue reading
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Tagged Fruit, photography, photos, vegetable garden, Wordless Wednesday
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Harvest Monday April 12, 2010
I’m behind, as usual. That’s why I’m doing Harvest Monday late on Tuesday. And after I get this post done, I need to process and send photos to the paper to go with my Thursday column in the HB Independent, … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday for Gardeners, April 7, 2010
On Wordless Wednesday, photographers post a photo or photo essay on their blog. I’m starting a Wordless Wednesday specifically for gardeners. Continue reading
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Tagged flowers, Fruit, macro photography, photography, photos, urban chickens, vegetable garden, Wordless Wednesday
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Harvest Monday–April 5, 2010
Here is my vegetable and egg harvest for this week ending April 4, plus photos of my southern California urban garden. Continue reading
Harvest Monday March 22, 2010
Harvest Monday this week brought a tally from the garden of 2.5 lbs of produce and 16 eggs from the hens. Continue reading
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