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