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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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How to make great strawberry jam
Oh how I wish that these strawberries were from my own garden. But they’re not. They’re farmer’s market strawberries. My entire strawberry harvest this week went onto a bowl of cereal this morning. I can only dream of the day … Continue reading
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Tagged home canning, jam, photos, preserves, recipe, strawberries, strawberry, video
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This is such a beautiful day that I went to the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve at the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Warner Avenue in Huntington Beach. I stopped at the Bolsa Chica Conservancy’s Interpretive Center. A class on … Continue reading
Chicken Video!
i finally figured out how to add a video to my blog from my iPad. I just needed adequate Internet reception. The video is of my three hens. Continue reading
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Tagged backyard chickens, chicken coop, hens, urban chickens, video
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My 100th Blog Post: Our southern California fruit, flower, and veggie gardens in June
Here are photos of the fruits, flowers and veggies growing in my coastal, urban, southern California garden in mid-June. Continue reading
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Tagged backyard chickens, flowers, Fruit, hens, photos, vegetable garden, vegetables, video
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Comfort Hotel Azur Riviera in Nice, France
Our camera club went to the French Riviera for a week, staying at the Comfort Hotel Azur Riviera in Nice, France. This post is about the hotel, which was less than ideal. Continue reading
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Tagged Comfort Hotel Azur Riviera, France, French Riviera, Nice, Photographic Society of Orange County, photos, video
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Earth Day and a birding trip to the Eastern Sierras
My husband and I took a trip to the Eastern Sierras with our local Audubon group. Here are photos and from the trip, including greater sage grouse at their mating lek. Continue reading
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Tagged bird guide, birding, birds, California, Earth Day, Eastern Sierras, greater sage grouse, lek, photography, photos, Sea and Sage Audubon, Southwest Birders, video, wildlife
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Sad discovery in town
Radio-controlled cars have destroyed five acres of former habitat in Huntington Beach Central Park. And this is how the wild world ends. Bit by bit it is being destroyed by humans and their activities. Continue reading
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Tagged habitat destruction, Huntington Beach Central Park, radio-controlled cars, video
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The first 10,000 visitors
My green living and garden blog has received visitors from 113 countries to date, and is about to reach the first 10,000 blog hits. Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture tour, agventuretour.com, commercial harvesting, harvesting broccoli, video
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Got him!
We finally caught the animal that had been raiding our garden. See how to trap and release an opossum or raccoon humanely. Continue reading
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Tagged Hav-a-Hart, how to, live animal trap, live trap, opossum, raccoon, urban wildlife, video
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