Days 508 - 542 Citrus aplenty...but a drought?

Here we are at the end of December and I had to water the citrus trees. Never have I had to water any fruit trees after November 1st, but we have only seen a trace of rain this December...bummer for the ski season and I had to do some watering.

I have to say that the quality of the mandarins are as good as ever. The magical flavors that come from a fresh-picked citrus jsut cannot be bought at the supermarket. I did a little experiment the other day with a mandarin that was sitting on my desk for a few days (perhaps a week) vs. one that I had just picked that day. The one off of my desk tasted like store-bought citrus. It should of course because the ones in the store are just like that. Picked at least a week ago!!

With the lack of rain, I am taking advantage of the time to prune my trees. Did copper spray for the peaches and nectarine trees and have pruned all but the grape vines. No skiing, so I might as well get it done so that when the snow does come to the mountains I do not feel like I need to stay home to tend the garden.

Last year we picked 1080 mandarins and it looks like we are on target for another big harvest. What looked like a light year has me doing a double-take as the fruit starts to change color and "magically" appears on the trees. We are a bit over 250 mandarins for the season so far. Not sure it will be over a 1000 this year, but we should be picking through January and perhaps into February.

By the end of the week, I want to have a tally of what has been harvested for the year and a half that I have been on this quest. Stay tuned!! It should be interesting to see what comes out of a single yard that is planted well.

A five-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Kale: 5 bunches ($10.00)
Lemons: 17 ($8.50)
Limes: 5 ($1.25)
Mandarins: 237 ($59.25)
Apples: 41 ($17.50)

Year 2, Day 143
1) 2 mandarins

Year 2, Day 144
1) 6 mandarins

Year 2, Day 145
1) 18 apples

Year 2, Day 146
1) 24 mandarins
2) 4 limes
3) 2 bunches kale

Year 2, Day 147-150
gone

Year 2, Day 151
1) 7 mandarins

Year 2, Day 152
1) 4 mandarins

Year 2, Day 153
1) 4 mandarins

Year 2, Day 154
1) 5 mandarins
2) 5 apples

Year 2, Day 155
1) 4 mandarins

Year 2, Day 156
1) 3 mandarins
2) 8 apples

Year 2, Day 157
1) 9 mandarins

Year 2, Day 158
1) 3 mandarins

Year 2, Day 159
1) 6 mandarins

Year 2, Day 160
1) 5 mandarins

Year 2, Day 161
1) 7 mandarins

Year 2, Day 162
1) 7 mandarins

Year 2, Day 163
1) 10 mandarins
2) 4 lemons

Year 2, Day 164
1) 1 mandarin
2) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 165
1) 8 mandarins

Year 2, Day 166
1) 8 mandarins
2) 4 apples

Year 2, Day 167
1) 8 mandarins

Year 2, Day 168
1) 6 mandarins
2) 2 apples

Year 2, Day 169
1) 10 mandarins
2) 1 lemon

Year 2, Day 170
1) 16 mandarins
2) 1 lemon
3) 1 bunch kale

Year 2, Day 171
1) 12 mandarins
2) 6 lemons

Year 2, Day 172
1) 6 mandarins
2) 1 apple

Year 2, Day 173
1) 11 mandarins
2) 1 apple

Year 2, Day 174
1) 11 mandarins
2) 1 apple
3) 1 bunch kale

Year 2, Day 175
1) 4 mandarins
2) 1 apple
3) 1 bunch kale

Year 2, Day 176
1) 26 mandarins
2) 3 lemons
3) 1 lime

Year 2, Day 177
1) 4 mandarins

Five-Week harvest: $96.50

Total Produce Harvested : $2686.00
Total Honey Harvested: $360.00
Expenses: $330.00

Days 473 - 507 Citrus Returns to the Table

Breaking 500 days is quite the feat. I was talking with someone the other day and he was saying that he visits his garden every day to do a little of this or that. In a way, this blog is making me visit the garden too. I have too!! Now that the daylight hours are waning, I have to make a real effort to get out before work, otherwise I may find myself in the dark after work.

As the title states, we are finally getting some citrus. Where last year I remember harvesting mandarins on November 1st, it was not until November 17th this year before we decided that it was time. Even now though, the fruit is a little green on the skin...but inside they are bright orange and do they ever brighten the day!!

As I was filling in the days below, I pretty much harvested some quantity of apples each day. Looking at the totals, we have picked over 450 apples this year and I can still see reaching 500. Nice though is that we picked over a 2 month time period. We started harvesting September 17th and we are pretty much winding down now. My daughter asked the other day why we did not have a lot of apples like the farmer who brought apples to their school. I told her that we actually have picked almost 500 apples and now that she understands what the number 500 is, she was pretty excited. She just never sees more than 10 at a time!!

As for the rest of the garden. We still have Kale, I planted garlic a couple of weeks ago and it is sprouting up right now, planted Arugula at the same time and we have a nice bed out there that is about 1/2 inch tall. I planted a cover crop on the other beds to add nutrients and to keep the weeds down as much as possible. I do need to get out to the strawberries though...tons of weeds invading!!

A five-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Kale: 4 bunches ($8.00)
Lemons: 2 ($1.00)
Limes: 5 ($1.25)
Mandarins: 22 ($5.50)
Figs: 29 ($7.25)
Apples: 232 ($147.50)

Year 2, Day 108
1) 6 apples
2) 2 bunches kale

Year 2, Day 109
1) 7 apples

Year 2, Day 110
1) 5 apples
2) 4 figs

Year 2, Day 111
1) 7 apples
2) 4 figs

Year 2, Day 112
1) 8 apples

Year 2, Day 113
1) 9 apples

Year 2, Day 114
1) 1 apple
2) 1 lemon

Year 2, Day 115
1) 9 apples

Year 2, Day 116
1) 5 figs

Year 2, Day 117
1) 13 apples

Year 2, Day 118
1) 8 apples

Year 2, Day 119
1) 4 apples
2) 6 figs

Year 2, Day 120
1) 14 apples

Year 2, Day 121
1) 1 apple
2) 1 lime

Year 2, Day 122
1) 19 apples
2) 1 lime

Year 2, Day 123
1) 7 apples

Year 2, Day 124
1) 10 figs

Year 2, Day 125
1) 10 apples

Year 2, Day 126
1) 1 apple

Year 2, Day 127
1) 10 apples
2) 1 lime

Year 2, Day 128
1) 6 apples
2) 1 mandarin (tester)

Year 2, Day 129
1) 11 apples

Year 2, Day 130
1) 2 bunches kale

Year 2, Day 131
1) 12 apples

Year 2, Day 132
1) 4 apples

Year 2, Day 133
1) 15 apples

Year 2, Day 134
Gone

Year 2, Day 135
Gone

Year 2, Day 136
1) 10 apples

Year 2, Day 137
1) 6 apples
2) 1 mandarin

Year 2, Day 138
1) 1 apple
2) 1 mandarin

Year 2, Day 139
1) 11 apples
2) 1 lemon

Year 2, Day 140
1) 2 apples
2) 3 mandarins

Year 2, Day 141
1) 6 apples
2) 10 mandarins

Year 2, Day 142
1) 9 apples
2) 6 mandarins
3) 2 limes

Five-Week harvest: $170.50

Total Produce Harvested : $2589.50
Total Honey Harvested: $360.00
Expenses: $310.00

Days 452 - 472 The Fall Crops

The weather has cooled and the rain pretty much put an end to the fig harvest. The tomato and zuke plants were taken out this week. The change in light really makes a difference in the veggie garden. We still have Kale and I planted more Kale this week in preparation for the winter crop.

The star of the garden is now our Sierra Beauty apple tree. Loaded with "beauty" apples, we have been harvesting about 8 - 10 apples a day. Kids are eating 1 - 2 per day and the grown-ups even more. Bringing some to work each day to share with colleagues is just a pleasure. The fruit is just getting better as it hangs on the tree and soaks up the fall sunlight and experiences the cool fall nights. Our other apple tree, Pink Lady, was just planted last year and although it flowered this year, I removed the fruit to allow the tree to put its energy into growth. Looking forward to enjoying those in a couple of years.

The next time I write will probably see the first of the citrus. The mandarins are not quite as numerous as last year (over 1000 mandarins!!), but I am looking forward to the fresh citrus once again.

A three-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Kale: 4 bunches ($8.00)
Zucchini: 6 ($4.50)
Tomatoes: 27 ($27.75)
Grapes: 1/2 lb ($1.00)
Lemons: 3 ($1.50)
Figs: 84 ($21.00)
Apples: 182 ($113.00)
Acorn Squash: 2 ($5.75)

Year 2, Day 87
1) 40 figs
2) 2 tomatoes
3) 5 zukes

Year 2, Day 88
1) 10 apples
2) 1/2 lb grapes
3) 1 tomato

Year 2, Day 89
1) 11 apples
2) 7 figs
3) 2 acorn squash

Year 2, Day 90
1) 10 apples
2) 9 figs

Year 2, Day 91
1) 14 apples
2) 10 figs
3) 1 lemon

Year 2, Day 92
1) 10 apples
2) 9 figs
3) 5 tomatoes

Year 2, Day 93
1) 1 fig
2) 3 tomatoes
3) 2 bunches kale

Year 2, Day 94
1) 18 apples
2) 5 figs

Year 2, Day 95
1) 10 figs
2) 3 tomatoes

Year 2, Day 96
1) 17 apples
2) 5 tomaotes

Year 2, Day 97
1) 3 tomatoes

Year 2, Day 98
1) 5 tomatoes
2) 3 lemons

Year 2, Day 99
1) 27 apples

Year 2, Day 100
Gone

Year 2, Day 101
1) 2 figs

Year 2, Day 102
1) 10 apples

Year 2, Day 103
1) 10 apples
2) 1 fig

Year 2, Day 104
1) 14 apples
2) 1 zuke

Year 2, Day 105
1) 2 bunches kale

Year 2, Day 106
1) 14 apples

Year 2, Day 107
1) 7 apples

Three-Week harvest: $182.50

Total Produce Harvested : $2419.00
Total Honey Harvested: $360.00
Expenses: $290.00

Days 431 - 451 Ripe Fruit

Wow, in three weeks we have seen the departure of our pears and now into full swing on the apples and figs. The veggie garden is slowing a bit, although we did harvest 73 tomatoes in the past three weeks!!

Ripe fruit... This reminds me of a workshop I went to at Google last year. At the workshop, there was a nice spread of fruit to have with our breakfast and I was talking with a guy who pointed at a fig and asked, "what is that?" Well, he had lived in the midwest for his life and just moved to the west coast and thus had never seen a fig before. I told him what it was but warned him that it would probably not be very good...and sure enough it was not. On the other hand, we have harvested 77 figs in the past week and a half and they are ripened to perfection.

Why is it that we are allowing ourselves to eat such bad tasting fruit? Will it be some day that we do not even know what a good piece of fruit tastes like? I sure hope not, but for many, there really is no choice. Take it off the supermarket shelf or never eat fruit!! Too bad for those people...because figs are really tasty.

A three-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Kale: 2 bunches ($4.00)
Raspberries: 3 baskets ($6.00)
Strawberries: 2 1/2 baskets ($5.00)
Cherry Tomatoes: 2 baskets ($4.00)
Zucchini: 5 ($8.00)
Cucumbers: 9 ($7.00)
Tomatoes: 73 ($47.50)
Grapes: 7 lbs ($14.00)
Lemons: 5 ($2.50)
Figs: 77 ($19.25)
Apples: 54 ($35.00)

Year 2, Day 66
1) 3 tomatoes

Year 2, Day 67
1) 1 basket strawberries
2) 1 cucumber
3) 4 tomatoes
4) 1 apple

Year 2, Day 68
1) 12 oz grapes
2) 5 tomatoes

Year 2, Day 69
1) 12 oz grapes

Year 2, Day 70
1) 1 cucumber
2) 1 zuke
3) basket cherry tomatoes
4) 7 tomatoes
5) basket raspberries
6) 1 lemon

Year 2, Day 71
1) 12 oz grapes

Year 2, Day 72
1) 2 tomatoes
2) 7 cukes
3) 3 figs

Year 2, Day 73
1) 2 figs
2) 2 bunches kale

Year 2, Day 74
1) 9 oz grapes
2) 3 figs
3) 1 tomato

Year 2, Day 75
1) 10 tomatoes
2) 8 oz grapes
3) 9 figs

Year 2, Day 76
1) basket cherry tomatoes
2) 9 oz grapes
3) basket raspberries

Year 2, Day 77
1) 10 tomatoes
2) 12 oz grapes
3) 6 figs
4) 1 lemon

Year 2, Day 78
1) 3 zukes
2) 12 figs
3) 12 oz grapes
4) 1 apple

Year 2, Day 79
1) 1 zuke
2) 7 apples
3) 3 figs
4) 6 tomatoes

Year 2, Day 80
1) 1 basket raspberries
2) 1 basket strawberries

Year 2, Day 81
1) 6 figs
2) 10 oz grapes
3) 10 tomatoes
4) 4 apples
5) 1/2 basket strawberries

Year 2, Day 82
1) 11 apples
2) 8 figs
3) 11 oz grapes

Year 2, Day 83
1) 10 figs
2) 10 apples
3) 8 oz grapes
4) 1 lemon
5) 1 tomato

Year 2, Day 84
1) 6 tomatoes
2) 11 figs

Year 2, Day 85
1) 8 tomatoes
2) 10 apples
3) 9 figs
4 3 lemons

Year 2, Day 86
1) 10 figs
2) 10 apples


Two-Week harvest: $150.25

Total Produce Harvested : $2236.50
Total Honey Harvested: $360.00
Expenses: $270.00

Days 417 - 430 The Tomato

We wait for this time of the year...the time for ripe tomatoes!! There are some who watch their green tomatoes never quite turn before the cool weather sets in, pretty much setting the stage for another year "without". Yet, those same people will plant again the next year in hope that they will get those special summer treats that we all love so much.

We are quite fortunate here in Healdsburg that even in a relatively cool summer we have enough heat to ripen these treats each year. Right now we are in the middle of a great harvest. We picked 30 tomatoes in the past two weeks, with various varieties sharing the table: Celebrity, Rainbow, Kellogs Breakfast, and Black Krim. One of the Rainbow tomatoes weighed in at over a pound!!

I do plan on planting some chard tomorrow and perhaps set a bed of Arugula seeds down for a spicy salad green.

As for the harvest, we really do not even look at the fruit at the grocery store at this time of the year. We have been eating those pears as they ripen and we harvest a cluster or two of grapes almost daily for the kids' lunches. As you can see down below in the summary, we have harvested 10 different varieties for a total of $162 over the two-week period. Sure helps the food budget stretch itself!!

A two-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Kale: 1 bunch ($2.00)
Raspberries: 6 baskets ($12.00)
Strawberries: 1 basket ($2.00)
Cherry Tomatoes: 7 baskets ($14.00)
Zuchinni: 7 ($8.50)
Cucumbers: 18 ($16.00)
Tomatoes: 30 ($33.00)
Pears: 75 ($53.00)
Grapes: 7 lbs ($14.00)
Potatoes: 1 1/2 lb ($1.50)

Year 2, Day 52
1) 1 zuke
2) 3 tomatoes
3) 2 baskets raspberries

Year 2, Day 53
1) 11 oz grapes
2) 13 pears
3) 5 cukes
4) 1 tomato
5) 1 basket cherry tomatoes

Year 2, Day 54
1) 12 pears
2) 12 oz grapes
3) 1 basket cherry tomatoes

Year 2, Day 55
1) 4 tomatoes
2) 1 cuke
3) 8 oz grapes

Year 2, Day 56
1) 1 basket cherry tomatoes
2) 8 oz grapes
3) 2 baskets raspberries

Year 2, Day 57
1) 3 cukes
2) 20 pears

Year 2, Day 58
1) 3 tomatoes
2) 2 zukes
3) basket of cherry tomatoes
4) 1 1/2 lb potatoes

Year 2, Day 59
1) 1 tomato
2) 1 bunch kale
3) 4 oz grapes

Year 2, Day 60
1) 1 lb grapes
2) 16 pears
3) 8 tomatoes
4) 2 cukes

Year 2, Day 61
1) 9 oz. grapes

Year 2, Day 62
1) 4 zukes
2) 3 tomatoes
3) 14 pears
4) 7 cukes
5) 12 oz grapes

Year 2, Day 63
1) 1 basket strawberries
2) 1 basket cherry tomatoes
3) 2 tomatoes

Year 2, Day 64
1) 7 oz grapes

Year 2, Day 65
1) 5 tomatoes
2) 1 1/2 lb grapes
3) 2 baskets cherry tomatoes
4) 2 baskets raspberries

Two-Week harvest: $162.00

Total Produce Harvested : $2084.25
Total Honey Harvested: $360.00
Expenses: $250.00

Days 396 - 416 The Pear

In the middle of the summer provides quite the bounty. We harvested 14 varieties of produce in the past 3 weeks with some days having 6+ varieties within a single day. Gotta love the bounty!!

This post has to be about the pear though... with a harvest of 163 pears in the past 3 weeks we have been gorging on the silky smooth Bartlet Pear that comes from the oldest tree on our property. This gnarly old tree was looking so bad when we moved here that I almost took it out to plant something else. I gave it a chance, pruned it well and after learning the hard way about fire-blight (almost taking out the tree again), it is one of our most productive trees that we have. I have since planted an Asian Pear nearby and we reaped our first harvest of those this year. They are a favorite of my wife and son. I personally prefer the Bartlet.

Something the you do want to know about harvesting pears though is that you do not wait until they look like they are "ripe" on the tree. If you do that, you will be disappointed with a bunch of mushy, rotten fruit that you will have to toss. What you do want to do is wait until it is about the "right time" which you learn about soon enough (or you can refer to the Dave Wilson Nursery fruit harvest chart to get a rough idea) and then start "testing" them. If you bend the fruit up a bit and it "snaps" off of the tree, then it is ready to pick. If it does not let go, then leave it be for a little while longer and try some others. If no fruit seen to snap off then wait a week longer. After you pick them, let them sit on your counter and as they start turning yellow, they will be ready to eat. I like them with a little green still showing but if you leave then go all the way yellow, you will need a napkin to catch all of the juice that runs off of your chin!!

Did break another milestone, blowing through 400 days of harvesting!! i think we are good at least until February now with a decent citrus harvest coming.

A three-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Lemons: 3 ($1.50)
Kale: 5 bunches ($10.00)
Raspberries: 2 1/2 baskets ($5.00)
Strawberries: 1/2 basket ($1.00)
Blueberries: 3 baskets ($6.00)
Peaches: 28 ($30.00)
Cherry Tomatoes: 7 baskets ($14.00)
Zuchinni: 19 ($18.00)
Cucumbers: 47 ($30.00)
Pickling Cucumbers: 3 lb ($6.00)
Tomatoes: 10 ($10.50)
Pears: 163 ($100.00)
Grapes: 3 3/4 lbs ($7.50)
Asian Pear: 12 ($6.00)


Year 2, Day 31
1) 1/2 basket strawberies
2) 7 pears
3) 1/2 grapes
4) 2 bunches kale

Year 2, Day 32
1) 1 tomato
2) 8 pears
3) 3 cukes
4) 2 zukes
5) 1 basket blueberries
6) 3/4 basket cherry tomatoes

Year 2, Day 33
1) 8 pears

Year 2, Day 34
1) gone

Year 2, Day 35
1) 5 pears
2) 3 tomatoes
3) 5 cukes
4) 5 zukes
5) 6 peaches

Year 2, Day 36
1) 3 peaches
2) 1 asian pear
3) 9 pears

Year 2, Day 37
1) 4 asian pears
2) 2 lb pickling cukes
3) 6 cukes
4) 1 basket cherry tomatoes
5) 1 zuke
6) 1 peach

Year 2, Day 38
1) 2 cukes
2) 1 asian pear

Year 2, Day 39
1) 1 lb pickling cukes
2) 2 cukes
3) 10 pears
4) 1 basket cherry tomatoes
5) 1 tomato
6) 4 peaches
7) 2 lemons
8) 2 asian pears

Year 2, Day 40
1) 1 bunch kale
2) 3 zukes
3) 5 peaches
4) 1 asian pear
5) 6 oz grapes

Year 2, Day 41
1) 22 pears
2) 7 cukes

Year 2, Day 42
1) 1 tomato
2) 2 baskets blueberries
3) 1 asian pear
4) 1 lemon
5) 2 peaches

Year 2, Day 43
1) 2 cukes
2) 1 basket cherry tomatoes
3) 2 zukes
4) 1 young acorn squash
5) 1 asian pear
6) 10 oz grapes
7) 1/2 basket raspberries

Year 2, Day 44
1) 6 peaches
2) 16 pears
3) 1/4 lb grapes
4) 1 basket cherry tomatoes
5) 1 asian pear

Year 2, Day 45
1) 9 cukes
2) 1 basket raspberries
3) 1 basket cherry tomatoes
4) 1/2 lb grapes

Year 2, Day 46
1) 10 pears
2) 1/2 basket cherry tomatoes
3) 1 peach

Year 2, Day 47
1) 10 oz grapes
2) 16 pears
3) 1 zuke
4) 4 cukes

Year 2, Day 48
1) 2 oz grapes
2) 12 pears
3) 1 bunches kale
4) 1 basket raspberries

Year 2, Day 49
1) 1 basket cherry tomatoes
2) 3/4 lb grapes
3) 13 pears

Year 2, Day 50
1) 2 tomatoes
2) 1/4 lb grapes
3) 12 pears
4) 3 zukes
5) 9 cukes

Year 2, Day 51
1) 1/2 lb grapes
2) 15 pears
3) 2 tomatoes

Three-Week harvest: $245.50

Total Produce Harvested : $1922.25
Total Honey Harvested: $360.00
Expenses: $230.00

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

Day 340 - 367 One year and Counting!!

Yes, I am a bit late in this posting...life seems so busy at times when it really should not be all that busy. Well, we made it. We have harvested something from our yard each and every day (that we were here) for the table. I am proud of this feat and right now I would like to continue past the year and see how far we can go with this.

A four-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Lemons: 41 ($20.50)
Kale: 5 bunches ($10.00)
Salad Greens: 1 salad ($0.50)
Garlic: 8 braids of garlic, entire harvest ($10.00)
Raspberries: 7 baskets ($21.00)
Beets (and greens): 36 ($36.00)
Strawberries: 9 baskets ($18.00)
Blueberries: 9 baskets ($27.00)
Nectarines: 4 ($4.00)

Day 340
1) 1 lemon
2) 5 beets and greens
3) 1 bunch kale

Day 341
1) 5 lemons
2) 1 basket strawberries
3) 1 basket raspberries
4) 1 garlic

Day 342
1) 5 lemons
2) 2 amazing strawberries

Day 343 - Gone

Day 344 - Gone

Day 345
1) 5 beets and greens
2) 1/2 basket blueberries
3) few raspberries

Day 346
1) 5 beets and greens
2) basket strawberries
3) few blueberries and raspberries

Day 347
1) basket strawberries
2) basket raspberries
3) few blueberries
4) All of the garlic

Day 348
1) 1 lemon
2) 2 beets

Day 349
1) 2 lemons

Day 350
1) 2 lemons
2) 1 bunch beets
3) 1 basket blueberries
4) 1 basket raspberries

Day 351
1) 2 lemons
2) 1 1/2 baskets strawberries

Day 352
1) 2 lemons
2) few raspberries and blueberries

Day 353
1) 1/2 basket strawberries

Day 354
1) 2 lemons
2) 1/2 basket raspberries
3) 1/2 basket blueberries

Day 355
1) some raspberries and blueberries

Day 356
1) 1/2 basket raspberries
2) 1 basket of blueberries

Day 357
1) 6 beets and greens
2) 2 lemons
3) 1 basket blueberries
4) 1 basket strawberries

Day 358
1) 10 beets and greens
2) 6 lemons
3) salad greens
4) 1/2 basket blueberries
5) 1/4 basket raspberries

Day 359
1) 1 basket strawberries
2) 4 lemons
3) few blueberries and raspberries

Day 360
1) last of the beets (lots of smaller beets)
2) 3 bunches kale

Day 361
1) 1 basket blueberries

Day 362
1) 2 lemons
2) 1/2 basket blueberries
3) 1/4 basket raspberries

Day 363
1) 2 baskets strawberries
2) 1 lemon
3) 1/2 basket blueberries
4) 1/4 basket raspberries

Day 364
1) 1/2 basket blueberies
2) 1/4 basket raspberries
3) 1 bunch kale

Day 365
1) 1 white nectarine
2) some raspberries and blueberries
3) 2 lemons

Day 366 or Year 2, Day 1
1) 2 lemons
2) 1/2 basket blueberries
3) 1/2 basket raspberries

Year 2, Day 2
1) 4 white nectarines

Four-Week harvest: $137.00

Total Produce Harvested (Year-to-Date): $1551.75
Total Honey Harvested (Year-to-Date): $360.00
Expenses (Year-to-Date): $190.00

Days 312 - 339 Bounty Returns, Thinning Fruit, and Bees

Variety has returned to the garden. Whereas a month ago it was lemons, lemons, lemons...we now are harvesting salad greens, beets, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, and kale...and soon we will be tasting our first blueberries of the season...and a big crop that is coming. Yum!!

Been pretty busy over the past few weeks. For one, school has ended so I now have more time for the garden. I will need it because I need to get some of my starts in, albiet late due to the first attempt being mowed down by pesky snails, slugs and I believe earwigs. I will be out defending the next starts I plant!! I do not use any sprays on my plants or fruit trees, but I find that a quick visit to the garden at 10PM before bed to take out the pests works pretty well.

These weeks are usually the time to thin the fruit trees. I did not have to thin the peach or nectarine trees because they got hammered by the March rains. I generally leave 6 inches between fruit on those trees. The apple and pear were spared the rain and have set a heavy crop. Our pear tree seems to thin itself so I do nothing to it. I cannot say the same for the apple tree. I gennerally have to snip all but one fruit in each fruiting bud. Kind of tedious, but it has made for a much better crop in the past, especially taking care of the coddling moth problem.

The bees have been busy. I picked up a swarn a few weeks ago and I have already added an extra super for them. I then noticed that my box that I left out due to lazyness was repopulated. I guess a swarm found me. Convenient!! Last week I picked up another swarm (big!!) and gave it to a friend. I have been doing this with any extra swarms that I run into.

Looks like less than 4 weeks left to make my goal of harvesting every day for a year. I believe I will "hang up" the blog at that time...but not until I do a final tally and blog entry. There are less readers and I m busy with other things. I will still keep going on my own though and my wife says I should get it all on paper just in case the blog disappears into the bog heaven.

A four-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Lemons: 38 ($19.00)
Chard: 2 bunches ($6.00)
Kale: 10.5 bunches ($21.00)
Salad Greens: 14 salads ($7.00)
Cherries: 22 ($1.00)
Raspberries: 1 basket ($2.00)
Beets: 4 beets ($3.00)
Strawberries: 2 baskets ($4.00)

Day 312
1) 3 lemons
2) Salad Greens

Day 313
1) 1 lemon
2) Salad greens

Day 314
1) 2 lemons
2) Salad greens
3) 1 bunch Kale

Day 315
1) 2 lemons

Day 316
1) 2 lemons

Day 317
1) 2 lemons

Day 318
1) 2 lemons

Day 319
1) Salad Greens

Day 320
1) Salad Greens

Day 321
1) 2 bunches chard

Day 322
1) 1 lemon
2) Salad Greens
3) 1/2 bunch kale

Day 323
1) 2 lemons

Day 324
1) 2 lemons

Day 325
1) 3 lemons
2) 2 bunches kale
3) Salad Greens
4) Couple of cherries

Day 326
1) 1 lemon
2) 2 bunches kale

Day 327
1) Salad Greens

Day 328
1) 1 lemon
2) 12 strawberries
3) 1 bunch kale
4) Salad Greens

Day 329
1) 1 lemon
2) Salad Greens

Day 330
1) 2 lemons
2) 4 raspberries

Day 331
1) 1 lemon
2) Salad Greens
3) 4 cherries

Day 332
1) 3 lemons
2) 6 strawberries

Day 333
1) 1 basket strawberries
2) 2 bunches kale
3) 8 cherries

Day 334
1) 2 lemons

Day 335
1) 1 lemon
2) 2 bunches kale
3) 6 raspberries
4) salad greens

Day 336
1) 1 lemon
2) 5 raspberries
3) 8 cherries
4) Salad Greens
5) 4 beets

Day 337
1) 1 lemon
2) 8 raspberries
3) 1 basket strawberries

Day 338
1) salad greens

Day 339
1) 2 lemons

Four-Week harvest: $63.00

Total Produce Harvested (Year-to-Date): $1414.75
Total Honey Harvested (Year-to-Date): $360.00
Expenses (Year-to-Date): $190.00

Days 284 - 311 Hope we make it!!

More than 300 days have passed and we have harvested every day (that we were home). Reflecting on how amazing our climate and soil is to provide this makes me feel so fortunate to live here. Still about 50 days to go to make my goal and what do we have to look forward to:

- Kale and chard are still going strong
- Salad greens are just starting
- Largest Blueberry crop I have ever seen. The bushes are loaded!!
- Abundant Raspberry blooms and some berries are already forming.
- Cherries are the largest crop we have seen...hope the birds don't find them!
- Garlic will be harvested within the month.
- Still have lemons.

What has changed since last posting:
- Planted 10 tomato starts
- started some cucumber and zuchinni by seed
- planted some snap peas in the ground.
- picked up a swarm of honeybees.
- Perhaps some nectarines before July 1st
- No apricots this year...

What does it look like for after July 1st (have not decided if I will continue this blog)
- Abundant pear crop.
- Just thinned out the apple tree. Boy that was a lot of work. The fruit is abundant!
- A moderate peach harvest. The March rains knocked a lot out.
- The grape harvest is looking good...but rain is forecast in the next week. :(

I do believe we will make it to July 1st...but it may be tight in the middle of June since my late-June fruit is not there this year.

A four-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Lemons: 51 ($25.50)
Chard: 8.5 bunches ($25.50)
Kale: 5.5 bunches ($11.00)
Garlic: 7 greens ($2.00)
Salad Greens: First Harvest
Mint (for tabouli)

Day 284
1) 1 lemon

Day 285
1) 1 bunch chard

Day 286
1) 2 lemons
2) 2 bunches chard

Day 287
1) 1 lemon
2) 2 bunches kale

Day 288
1) 2 lemons

Day 289
1) 2 lemons

Day 290
1) Garlic greens
2) 1 bunch chard

Day 291
1) 2 lemons

Day 292
1) 2 lemons

Day 293
1) 2 lemons

Day 294
1) 2 bunches chard

Day 295
1) 2 lemons

Day 296
1) 1/2 bunch chard
2) 1/2 bunch kale

Day 297
1) 2 lemons

Day 298
1) 2 lemons

Day 299
1) 2 lemons
2) 3 garlic greens

Day 300
1) 2 lemons

Day 301
1) 1 lemon

Day 302
1) 2 lemons
2) 2 bunches kale

Day 303
1) 2 lemons

Day 304
1) 2 bunches chard

Day 305
1) 8 lemons

Day 306
1) 3 lemons

Day 307
1) 3 lemons
2) 1 bunch kale

Day 308
1) 2 lemons

Day 309
1) 2 garlic greens

Day 310
1) 4 lemons
2) mint

Day 311
1) 2 lemons
2) Bunch salad greens

Four-Week harvest: $64.00

Total Produce Harvested (Year-to-Date): $1351.75
Total Honey Harvested (Year-to-Date): $360.00
Expenses (Year-to-Date): $170.00

Days 242 - 283 Garden Rebirth

Phew, six weeks is a long time between postings. Each week I had great intentions of writing the next post, only to have something come up that was just a bit more pressing...like my job, my family, or my class that I am taking!! We have now harvested 283 days in a row and on my way to make then entire year. I am amazed that we have made it this far...that is a long time!! I hope we can make it all year. We have lemons and are just starting to get veggies from the garden plots. All other fruit is gone. This is a difficult time for fruit and we will not get anything until late-May (Cherries) or early June (berries).

Anyhow, we had a great deal of rain in since last time. The beets that I planted hardly moved at all and are just starting to show some growth now that the sun is coming out in earnest. This may be one of those change of seasons that occur in a day...winter one day, summer the next. Not so great for the spring veggies, but I have planted some and we are reaping the rewards of last year's chard as well as this year's kale. Before I know it I should start thinking about tomato starts and one of my favorites, cucumbers.

On the fruit side, we have finally harvested all of our oranges. We made it through the end of March this year and I believe that we should be able to make it an extra month if we have a larger crop next year. Last year we had rain during the bloom and we had a small crop. The citrus bloom is still yet to get underway. There are a few orange blossoms, but that rain really slowed things down on the citrus trees. The peaches, nectarines, apricots, and apriums got hit by the rain. We will still have a decent peach and nectarine crop. The pear, apple, and cherry trees are looking like they got snowed on...they have so many blossoms. Looks like my work will be cut out for me when it comes to thinning this year!! The avocado is about to flower after getting many of its buds frozen off in late February. It is my experiment tree.

Looks like we will have a decent blueberry crop and I will have raspberries in June this year because I pruned them for two crops. Grapes are budding out and I already see little clusters forming on the Interlaken vine.

Right now we are getting lemons. Almost 100 in the past six weeks!! Nice to have them around.

A six-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Oranges: 54 ($27.00)
Lemons: 99 ($24.75)
Grapefruit: 11 ($11.00)
Chard: 10 bunches ($30.00)
Kale: 5 bunches ($10.00)

Day 242
1) 2 lemons

Day 243
1) 2 lemons
2) 1 orange
3) 1 grapefruit

Day 244
1) 1 lemon
2) 5 orange
3) 1 grapefruit

Day 245
1) 1 orange
2) 2 lemons

Day 246
1) 3 oranges
2) 3 lemons
3) 2 grapefruit

Day 247
1) 3 oranges
2) 1 grapefruit

Day 248
1) 1 orange
2) 5 lemons

Day 249
1) 1 orange
2) 2 grapefruit
3) 2 lemons

Day 250
1) 2 oranges
2) 6 lemons
3) 1 bunch kale

Day 251
1) 3 oranges
2) 4 lemons
3) 1 bunch kale

Day 252
1) 3 oranges
2) 2 lemons
3) 1 bunch chard

Day 253
1) 3 oranges
2) 1 grapefruit
3) 4 lemons
4) 1 bunch chard

Day 254
1) 3 oranges
2) 3 lemons
3) 1 bunch chard

Day 255
1) 1 orange
2) 2 lemons

Day 256
1) 6 lemons
2) 2 oranges

Day 257
1) 2 oranges
2) 2 grapefruit

Day 258
1) 2 oranges
2) 4 lemons

Day 259
1) 3 oranges

Day 260
1) 2 oranges
2) 10 lemons

Day 261
Gone

Day 262
Gone

Day 263
1) 2 lemons

Day 264
1) 2 oranges
2) 1 lemon

Day 265
1) 3 oranges

Day 266
1) 3 oranges
2) 2 lemons

Day 267
1) 3 oranges
2) 1 grapefruit

Day 268
1) 2 oranges

Day 269
1) 3 lemons

Day 270
1) 2 lemons

Day 271
1) 2 lemons

Day 272
1) 2 lemons

Day 273
1) 2 lemons
2) 2 bunches chard
3) 1 bunch kale

Day 274
1) 2 lemons

Day 275
1) 3 lemons
2) 1 bunch chard
3) 1 bunch kale

Day 276
1) 6 lemons
2) 1 garlic green

Day 277
1) 2 lemons

Day 278
1) 2 lemons

Day 279
1) 2 lemons

Day 280
1) 3 lemons
2) 1 bunch kale

Day 281
1) 2 bunches chard

Day 282
1) 2 lemons

Day 283
1) 3 lemons
2) 2 bunches chard

Six-Week harvest: $102.75

Total Produce Harvested (Year-to-Date): $1287.75
Total Honey Harvested (Year-to-Date): $360.00
Expenses (Year-to-Date): $150.00

Days 214 - 241 Upside Down Winter

Wow! It has been four weeks since my last post. Time flies!! This post gets us through 2/3 of the year. Hoping that I can make it the whole year!!

Our winter is upside down. My last post was about how spring felt like it was upon us...and just after I said it, winter set in again. We have had rain, snow flurries, and below freezing weather. My Aprium, Peach, and Nectarine trees started their bloom and some of the citrus started to shoot out new growth. The past two nights have been in the mid-20 degree temperatures. Not too hard on established trees, but the new growth is showing some damage. Cross our fingers for the trees and nature to recover for the next fruiting season.

What has happened in the garden over the past four weeks. Well, the mandarin harvest has come to an end. The largest crop that we have ever experienced with our two trees producing 1080 mandarins over the 3 months that we were harvesting. We have already harvested over 100 oranges (light crop this year) and over 25 grapefruit. Lemons will go on for a long time. Limes are done with about 30 (small tree).

I started some veggies in start pots. I planted 100 beet starts. Beets are amazing from the garden and our kids love them. The chard continues and we should have some Kale soon. The garlic is growing fine but the bulb on the garlic really does not develop until its last month and it takes about 6 months from planting to harvest. After I plant the beet starts I plan on starting some more chard for this year as well as experimenting with carrots directly in the ground. I also am planning on putting in some lettuce greens at the same time...but I need the weather to warm up a little. Forecast is for rainy weather 8 of the next nine days.

A four-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Mandarins: 51 ($12.75)
Oranges: 65 ($32.50)
Lemons: 31 ($15.50)
Limes: 6 ($1.50)
Grapefruit: 10 ($7.50)
Chard: 3 bunches ($9.00)

Day 214
1) 1 mandarin
2) 1 lemon
3) 1 lime
4) 1 grapefruit
5) 2 oranges

Day 215
1) 2 oranges
2) 10 mandarins
3) 2 lemons

Day 216
1) 4 oranges
2) 2 lemons
3) 1 bunch chard

Day 217
1) 5 mandarins
2) 3 oranges

Day 218
1) 10 mandarins
2) 3 oranges
3) 1 lemon
4) 1 lime

Day 219
1) 10 mandarins
2) 2 oranges
3) 4 lemons

Day 220
1) 1 orange
2) 2 lemons
3) 1 lime
4) 1 grapefruit

Day 221
1) 1 grapefruit

Day 222
1) 1 orange
2) 1 grapefruit

Day 223
1) 3 oranges
2) 1 grapefruit
3) 2 lemons

Day 224
1) 1 orange
2) 1 grapefruit
3) 1 lemon

Day 225
1) 1 orange

Day 226
1) 2 lemons
2) 6 mandarins
3) 3 oranges

Day 227
1) 2 oranges
2) 1 grapefruit

Day 228
1) 2 oranges
2) 1 lemon
3) 2 limes

Day 229
1) 3 oranges
2) 4 mandarins
3) 1 grapefruit

Day 230
1) 3 oranges
2) 5 mandarins

Day 231
1) 5 oranges

Day 232
1) 2 oranges
2) 3 lemons

Day 233
1) 2 lemons
2) 1 lime

Day 234
1) 3 oranges

Day 235
1) 2 lemons
2) 1 orange
3) 2 bunches chard

Day 236
1) 1 orange
2) 2 lemons

Day 237
1) 3 oranges
2) 2 grapefruit
3) 1 lemon

Day 238
1) 3 oranges
2) 2 lemons

Day 239
1) 3 oranges
2) 1 lemon

Day 240
1) 6 oranges

Day 241
1) 2 oranges

Four-Week harvest: $78.75

Total Produce Harvested (Year-to-Date): $1185.00
Total Honey Harvested (Year-to-Date): $360.00
Expenses (Year-to-Date): $125.00

Days 200 - 213 It Feels Like Spring is Just Around the Corner

The past two weeks have been sunny without a single day of rain (it did rain last night though). One would think that spring is here and it does feel like it in many ways. We have flowers blooming and the rose bushes are pushing out their first buds. The fruit trees have yet to have any bud break...but according to my records, the first trees in our yard that bud out are still about 3 weeks away (Peaches).

Hopefully if you are reading this regularly and applying some ideas you will have all of your trees pruned by this time (in Northern California). I also took advantage of the rain last night and applied my first fertilizer for the year. I try to feed my trees every couple of months in the spring with
EB Stone Citrus and Fruit Tree Food. So far it has not let me down and my trees seem pretty healthy. Feeding and watering (in the summer) are what is needed to have a long-lasting tree and yearly harvest.

Also, if you are reading this and planning on doing some planting of bare-root trees, now is the time. We replaced a Red Delicious apple with a Pink Lady because we really did not like Red Delicious (was here when we moved here) and Pink Lady should give us fruit well into the Fall. We also replaced the Venus grapevine with a Thompson seedless. Our kids like the green grapes better and they are sure good when frozen, a great summer treat.

The past couple of weeks continued to bring us mandarins daily. They are on the end of their season... What we did twice in the past two weeks though was to harvest something from each of our five citrus trees. We generally do not have mandarins when the grapefruit are ready, but with the bumper crop this year we could do it. Our son is a grapefruit fanatic and wants one each night before bed as his fruit snack. The ability to walk out to the backyard and harvest fresh fruit this time of the year cannot be beat!!

As my goal is to harvest each and every day, we have made it past the 200th day!! Pretty cool to have harvested something from the yard for more than 200 days straight. Hope to make it through the 366th day (July 1st) but the difficult times are coming...March and April.

A two-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Mandarins: 148 ($37.00)
Oranges: 25 ($12.50)
Lemons: 15 ($7.50)
Limes: 8 ($2.00)
Grapefruit: 8 ($6.00)

Day 200
1) 12 mandarins
2) 6 oranges

Day 201
1) 10 mandarins
2) 2 oranges
3) 5 lemons
4) 2 limes

Day 202
1) 10 mandarins
2) 1 lemon
3) 1 lime

Day 203
1) 22 mandarins
2) 2 oranges

Day 204
1) 15 mandarins
2) 1 orange
3) 1 lemon
4) 1 lime
5) 1 grapefruit

Day 205
1) 15 mandarins
2) 1 orange

Day 206
1) 1 mandarin
2) 4 oranges
3) 2 lemons
4) 4 limes
5) 1 grapefruit

Day 207
1) 15 mandarins
2) 1 orange
3) 1 grapefruit

Day 208
1) 4 mandarins
2) 2 oranges
3) 1 grapefruit

Day 209
1) 10 mandarins
2) 4 lemons
3) 1 grapefruit

Day 210
1) 12 mandarins
2) 2 oranges
3) 1 grapefruit

Day 211
1) 12 mandarins
2) 2 oranges
3) 1 grapefruit

Day 212
1) 10 mandarins
2) 1 orange

Day 213
1) 2 oranges
2) 2 lemons
3) 1 grapefruit

Two-Week harvest: $65.00

Total Produce Harvested (Year-to-Date): $1106.25
Total Honey Harvested (Year-to-Date): $360.00
Expenses (Year-to-Date): $105.00

Days 172 - 199 Six Months... A Look Back and a Look Forward

It has been a long time since the last post. Still have continued harvesting daily, mostly citrus at this time, including 479 mandarins!!

We have had a couple milestones. Six months have passed and we have harvested daily since July 1st. Even if I do not succeed for the 1-year target, I have been quite pleased with the accomplishment of more than 6 months. Another milestone is that we have passed the $1000 mark for the value of produce. Our family has benefited, as well as friends who come by and grab a bag of mandarins every once and awhile.

Looking back, we have not only harvested, but I have written about topics including irrigation, planing timing, excess crops, pruning, and even a very inspiring NPR story. Look through the blog now that 6 months have passed.

Looking forward, I need to plant so that I can possibly make it to July 1st, 2011. I can forsee citrus for the next two months (oranges just starting, grapefruits still coming) but the months of April and May will be difficult. I will start my veggies in about a month and hopefully be harvesting by March.

If you are thinking about planting a fruit tree, now is the time to do the bare-root trees. Not very expensive ($20-25) and will provide years of fruit.

A four-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Mandarins: 479
Oranges: 9
Lemons: 20
Limes: 10
Chard: 2 bunches

Day 172
1) 11 mandarins ($2.75)
2) Two bunches Chard ($6.00)

Day 173
1) 133 mandarins ($33.25)

Day 174
1) 7 mandarins ($1.75)

Day 175
1) 20 mandarins ($5.00)

Day 176 - 179 Gone for Holidays

Day 180
1) 23 mandarins ($5.75)
2) 1 lemon ($0.50)

Day 181
1) 6 mandarins ($1.50)
2) 3 lemons ($1.50)

Day 182
1) 14 mandarins ($3.50)

Day 183
1) 20 mandarins ($5.00)
2) 1 lemon ($0.50)

Day 184
1) 35 mandarins ($8.75)
2) 1 lime ($0.25)
3) 2 lemons ($1.00)

Day 185
1) 5 mandarins ($1.25)
2) 4 lemons ($2.00)
3) 1 lime ($0.25)

Day 186
1) 14 mandarins ($3.50)
2) 3 lemons ($1.50)
3) 1 lime ($0.25)

Day 187
1) 10 mandarins ($2.50)

Day 188
1) 10 mandarins ($2.50)

Day 189
1) 19 mandarins ($4.75)
2) 2 limes ($0.50)
3) 2 lemons ($1.00)

Day 190
1) 10 mandarins ($2.50)

Day 191
1) 14 mandarins ($3.50)

Day 192
1) 5 mandarins ($1.25)
2) 1 orange ($0.50)
3) 1 lemon ($0.50)
4) 1 lime ($0.25)

Day 193
1) 1 orange ($0.50)

Day 194
1) 40 mandarins ($10.00)
2) 2 oranges ($1.00)

Day 195
1) 10 mandarins ($2.50)
2) 2 oranges ($1.00)

Day 196
1) 12 mandarins ($3.00)

Day 197
1) 15 mandarins ($3.75)
2) 3 oranges ($1.50)
3) 3 lemons ($1.50)

Day 198
1) 20 mandarins ($5.00)

Day 199
1) 26 mandarins ($6.50)
2) 4 limes ($1.00)

Four-Week harvest: $138.25

Total Produce Harvested (Year-to-Date): $1042.25
Total Honey Harvested (Year-to-Date): $360.00
Expenses (Year-to-Date): $105.00