Sunday, July 31, 2011

Days 368 - 395 Late garden...but ramping up again

As the lemons finally finish, giving 6 months of fruit for lemon water, tabouli, guacamole, and hummus, we now start seeing another part of the garden kick in to take their place. Will I miss having that citrus around? Of course I will...but with peaches, blueberries and cucumbers filling in their place and tomatoes ramping up, I think that we can do without for the next six months.

What we are doing could not happen with a proper balance of produce planted in the yard, especially the fruit trees. I have mentioned in a past post about the Fruit Harvest Chart that Dave Wilson Nursery has on their website and still tout that as a real gardeners resource (especially if you are just starting out in the process of planting).

The blueberries really produced this year. What a treat to be able to walk out to the backyard as the kids are still sleeping, pick a cup or pint of blueberries and have them waiting on the breakfast table as they wake up. I wonder if they are getting spoiled (I feel like I am for sure) and just take if for granted that this is the norm...

A four-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Lemons: 11 ($5.50)
Kale: 3 bunches ($6.00)
Raspberries: 2 1/4 baskets ($4.50)
Strawberries: 1 basket ($2.00)
Blueberries: 15 baskets ($30.00)
Peaches: 41 ($45.00)
Cherry Tomatoes: 1 basket ($2.00)
Zuchinni: 9 ($10.00)
Cucumbers: 16 ($10.50)
Pickling Cucumbers: 2 lbs ($4.00)
Tomatoes: 4 ($3.50)
Figs(first crop): 8 ($2.00)

Year 2, Day 3
1) 5 lemons
2) 1 peach

Year 2, Day 4
1) 2 baskets blueberries
2) 2 baskets raspberries

Year 2, Day 5
1) 1 cherry tomato
2) 2 peaches

Year 2, Day 6
1) 1 basket blueberries
2) 1 bunch kale
3) 3 lemons

Year 2, Day 7
1) 1 peach
2) 2 baskets blueberries
3) 1 basket strawberries

Year 2, Day 8
1) 2 peaches
2) 1 basket blueberries

Year 2, Day 9
1) 1 peach
2) 3 lemons
3) 1/2 basket blueberries
4) 1/4 basket raspberries

Year 2, Day 10
1) 1 peach

Year 2, Day 11
1) 1 peach

Year 2, Day 12
1) 3 peaches
2) 3 baskets blueberries

Year 2, Day 13
1) 1 basket strawberries
2) 4 peaches

Year 2, Day 14
1) 2 basket blueberries
2) 6 peaches
3) 2 figs

Year 2, Day 15
1) 2 zukes
2) 3 peaches
3) 1 basket blueberries

Year 2, Day 16
1) 2 peaches

Year 2, Days 17 - 22
Gone

Year 2, Day 23
1) 3 cucumbers
2) 1/2 basket cherry tomatoes
3) 1 peach

Year 2, Day 24
1) 4 peaches
2) 5 zukes
3) 1 cuke
4) 2 tomatoes
5) 3 figs

Year 2, Day 25
1) 1 cuke
2) 1 peach
3) 2 basket blueberries
4) 1 bunch kale

Year 2, Day 26
1) 1 peach
2) 1 tomato
3) 2 zukes
4) 5 cukes
5) 1/2 basket blueberries
6) 3 figs

Year 2, Day 27
1) 4 peaches
2) 1 zuke

Year 2, Day 28
1) 1 peach
2) 3 cukes

Year 2, Day 29
1) 1 peach
2) 1 bunch kale

Year 2, Day 30
1) 1 peach
2) 1 tomato
3) 3 cukes
4) 2 lbs pickling cukes

Four-Week harvest (gone for a week): $125.00

Total Produce Harvested : $1676.75
Total Honey Harvested: $360.00
Expenses: $210.00

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