Days 543 - 570 Year-to-Year Variation

Harvesting mandarins every day for the past 4 weeks is pretty amazing...and although it may seem like we have harvested a lot of mandarins this year, we really have only harvested about 1/2 of what we did last year. Now, last year was a bumper crop of 1127 mandarins and this year is "only" at 582 with probably 100 or so more on the tree.

Which brings me to year-to-year variation and why it is a good thing to have a variety of different types of produce growing in the yard. Some years may be great for the apples but low for the grapes (this year) and others may be just the opposite. By doing this blog, it has me keeping track of all this and I am looking forward to what ten years might look like.

Since the last post, I tallied up what has come out of our little yard and it is pretty amazing. Here you are with the totals and in parenthesis are year1 + year2 quantities. Citrus year 2 numbers are not complete. You can see the affect the late rains had last year, particularly with the grapes and peaches.

Strawberries: 36 baskets (30 + 6)
Blueberries: 28 baskets (9 + 19)
Raspberries: 24 baskets (10 + 14)
Apriums: 10 (9 + 1)
Nectarines: 7 (3 + 4)
Zuchini: 103 (62 + 41)
Cherry Tomatoes: 29 baskets (8 + 21)
Peaches: 230 (161 + 69)
Tomatoes: 277 (133 + 144)
Pears: 304 (66 + 238)
Asian Pears: 12 (0 + 12)
Pickles: 16 lbs (11 + 5)
Cucumbers: 154 (62 + 92)
Grapes: 68 lbs (49 + 19)
Apples: 579 (79 + 500)
Chard: 77 bunches (77 + 0)
Figs: 297 (74 + 223)
Mandarins: 1709 (1127 + 582)
Limes: 36 (25 + 11)
Oranges: 162 (157 + 5) (2nd year not complete)
Grapefruit: 29 (29 + 0) (2nd year not complete)
Lemons: 361 (307 + 54) (2nd year not complete)
Kale: 53 bunches (27 + 26)
Garlic: 87 (87 + 0) (2nd year not complete)
Salad Greens: 17 (16 + 1) (2nd year not complete)
Beets: 51 (51 + 0) (2nd year not complete)

A four-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Lemons: 12 ($6.00)
Limes: 1 ($0.25)
Mandarins: 323 ($80.75)
Apples: 1 ($0.50)
Oranges: 5 ($2.50)
Salad Greens: 1 salad

Year 2, Day 178
1) 15 mandarins

Year 2, Day 179
1) 9 mandarins
2) 1 lime
3) 1 lemon

Year 2, Day 180
1) 10 mandarins
2) 1 apple (last)

Year 2, Day 181
1) 8 mandarins

Year 2, Day 182
1) 14 mandarins

Year 2, Day 183
1) 4 mandarins
2) 1 lemon

Year 2, Day 184
1) 20 mandarins

Year 2, Day 185
1) 12 mandarins
2) 3 lemons

Year 2, Day 186
1) 10 mandarins

Year 2, Day 187
1) 19 mandarins

Year 2, Day 188
1) 14 mandarins

Year 2, Day 189
1) 15 mandarins
2) 1 lemon

Year 2, Day 190
1) 9 mandarins
2) 3 lemons
3) Salad Greens

Year 2, Day 191
1) 14 mandarins
2) 1 orange

Year 2, Day 192
1) 11 mandarins

Year 2, Day 193
1) 10 mandarins

Year 2, Day 194
1) 10 mandarins

Year 2, Day 195
1) 8 mandarins

Year 2, Day 196
1) 12 mandarins
2) 1 lemon

Year 2, Day 197
1) 5 mandarins

Year 2, Day 198
1) 13 mandarins

Year 2, Day 199
1) 20 mandarins
2) 1 orange

Year 2, Day 200
1) 14 mandarins
2) 1 orange
3) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 201
1) 14 mandarins

Year 2, Day 202
1) 5 mandarins
2) 1 orange

Year 2, Day 203
1) 10 mandarins

Year 2, Day 204
1) 8 mandarins

Year 2, Day 205
1) 10 mandarins
2) 1 orange

Four-Week harvest: $91.00

Total Produce Harvested : $2777.00
Total Honey Harvested: $360.00
Expenses: $350.00 (purchase an Apricot Tree)