Days 571 - 626 Spring Back

Spring is back!! It really never quite felt like winter this year with 70 degree temperatures in the middle of winter and very little rain (until this week!!)

As we wind down the citrus harvest over the next couple of weeks, we will start to see the stone fruit start to develop and grow. Right now it looks like a large Aprium crop is coming and if the Peaches and Nectarines got pollinated before this rain, they too will have large crops. There sure were a lot of blossoms!! And the bees were out working early with all of the warm weather.

The pears and apples are still in the process of flowering. The Asian Pear tree is in full flower and I am hoping that the Bartlett flowers before the Asian Pear drops its flowers...since a pollinator is needed for both. The Cherry tree and the apple trees are just about to explode. I see the citrus trees blooming soon too. Hope there are some breaks in this rainy pattern so that they set a good crop too.

In the veggie garden, I took out the Kale and we now have lettuce starts, a bed of chard, and a bed of beets. Add that to the garlic which is doing really well this year and it looks to be a fine April/May. This is the time of the year when we run out of oranges and grapefruit, so the veggie garden needs to kick in soon.

I have to say, it is pretty cool that we have been harvesting citrus for 4 months solid and fruit since June 1st!! That is 10 months of uninterrupted fruit harvest. I feel spoiled :)

Hope to update this a bit more frequently in the future. Every 4 weeks seems fair...I was a slacker with this eight week delay!!

An eight-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Lemons: 56 ($28.00)
Mandarins: 161 ($40.25)
Oranges: 154 ($77.00)
Grapefruit: 41 ($41.00)
Salad Greens: 1 salad

Year 2, Day 206
1) 1 orange

Year 2, Day 207
1) 1 orange
2) 8 mandarins

Year 2, Day 208
1) 2 oranges
2) 7 mandarins

Year 2, Day 209
1) 2 oranges
2) 6 mandarins
3) 3 lemons

Year 2, Day 210
1) 2 oranges
2) 4 mandarins

Year 2, Day 211
1) 1 orange
2) 2 mandarins
3) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 212
1) 2 oranges
2) 4 mandarins
3) 3 lemons

Year 2, Day 213
1) 3 oranges
2) 4 mandarins

Year 2, Day 214
1) 2 oranges
2) 2 mandarins
3) 3 lemons
4) salad greens

Year 2, Day 215
1) 2 oranges
2) 4 mandarins

Year 2, Day 216
1) 2 oranges
2) 15 mandarins

Year 2, Day 217
1) 5 oranges
2) 5 mandarins
3) 3 lemons
4) salad greens

Year 2, Day 218
1) 2 oranges
2) 6 mandarins
3) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 219
1) 3 oranges
2) 22 mandarins
3) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 220
1) 3 oranges
2) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 221
1) 3 oranges
2) 6 mandarins
3) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 222
1) 2 oranges
2) 18 mandarins
3) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 223
1) 3 oranges
2) 6 mandarins

Year 2, Day 224
1) 2 oranges
2) 5 mandarins
3) 2 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 225
1) 2 oranges
2) 10 mandarins
3) 3 lemons

Year 2, Day 226
1) 2 oranges
2) 4 mandarins
3) 3 lemons

Year 2, Day 227
1) 4 oranges
2) 1 grapefruit
3) 3 lemons

Year 2, Day 228
1) 3 oranges
2) 2 mandarins

Year 2, Day 229
1) 7 oranges
2) 1 grapefruit
3) 2 mandarins

Year 2, Day 230
1) 4 oranges

Year 2, Day 231
1) 4 oranges
2) 2 mandarins
3) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 232
1) 5 oranges
2) 3 mandarins
3) 1 grapefruit
4) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 233
1) 7 oranges
2) 5 mandarins

Year 2, Day 234
1) 3 oranges
2) 5 mandarins
3) 2 bunches kale

Year 2, Day 235
1) 4 oranges
2) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 236
1) 2 oranges
2) 2 mandarins
3) salad greens

Year 2, Day 237
1) 5 oranges

Year 2, Day 238
1) 4 oranges
2) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 239
1) 3 oranges
2) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 240
1) 3 oranges
2) 4 lemons

Year 2, Day 241
1) 2 oranges
2) 2 mandarins

Year 2, Day 242
1) 4 oranges
2) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 243
1) 4 oranges
2) 3 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 244
1) 3 oranges
2) 2 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 245
1) 6 oranges
2) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 246
1) 3 oranges

Year 2, Day 247
1) 1 grapefruit
2) 3 lemons
3) 3 bunches kale

Year 2, Day 248
1) 2 oranges
2) 2 grapefruit
3) 6 lemons

Year 2, Day 249
1) 1 orange
2) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 250
1) 2 oranges
2) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 251
1) 1 orange
2) 1 grapefruit
3) 3 lemons

Year 2, Day 252
1) 2 oranges
2) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 253
1) 1 orange
2) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 254
1) 2 oranges
2) 1 grapefruit
3) 5 lemons

Year 2, Day 255
1) 1 orange
2) 2 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 256
1) 5 oranges
2) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 257
1) 2 oranges
2) 2 grapefruit
3) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 258
1) 2 oranges
2) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 259
1) 3 oranges
2) 2 grapefruit
3) 3 lemons

Year 2, Day 260
1) 1 orange
2) 2 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 261
1) 2 oranges
2) 2 grapefruit
3) 3 lemons

Eight-Week harvest: $187.25

Total Produce Harvested : $2964.25
Total Honey Harvested: $360.00
Expenses: $370.00 (seeds, lettuce, fertilizer)