Days 67 - 73 Winter Planting Begins

The light is changing and the temperatures are dropping. Still harvesting quite a bit from the garden, especially fruit. Grapes and apples every day. Tomatoes are beautiful. Figs just beginning. Kids eating all of the raspberries before I get home from work!! Strawberries have had a stellar year and still going strong in mid-September!!

Winter planting. Just planted seeds for Dino Kale and spicy salad greens. I generally start my seeds in started pots to give them a good start without snails. I have a set-up that allows me to hang the starter flats just below a section of opaque roof. Gives the starts a place to sprout in a great light and nice and warm. Also keeps any sneaky slugs and snails out until I get them in the ground...and by then they have a good advantage over the pesky critters.

I will plant garlic later this fall after the tomatoes are gone...

Harvested the past week.

Day 67
1) One pound Fantasy grapes ($2.00)

Day 68
1) One apple ($0.50)
2) Three pounds tomatoes ($6.00)

Day 69
1) 1 1/4 pounds apples ($2.50)
2) Basket of Raspberries ($2.00)

Day 70
1) Cucumber ($1.00)
2) Three tomatoes ($1.50)
3) 1/2 pound grapes ($1.00)

Day 71
1) Cucumber ($0.50)
2) Two tomatoes ($1.50)
3) Two bunches Chard ($6.00)
4) 3/4 pound grapes ($1.50)
5) Three apples ($2.00)

Day 72
1) One pound cucumbers ($2.00)
2) 1 1/2 pound tomatoes ($3.00)
3) 1 1/4 pound grapes ($2.50)
4) One apple ($0.50)

Day 73
1) One tomato ($1.00)
2) One apple ($0.50)
3) Basket Strawberries ($2.00)
4) Two figs ($0.50)
5) 1/2 pound grapes ($1.00)
6) Basket Raspberries ($2.00)

Weekly harvest: $43.00

Total Produce Harvested (Year-to-Date): $549.00
Total Honey Harvested (Year-to-Date): $220.00
Expenses (Year-to-Date): $50.00 (water and seeds)