Days 627 - 661 Lemons

It is the time of the year that the garden is renewing. Flowers are out, bees are flying, and the veggie garden is starting. The lemon tree is the staple for about another month or so until the raspberries and the blueberries start ripening...and if we ever get a decent crop of cherries!!

It is also the time of the year when I realize how tenuous farming must be. A rain storm during the bloom and the crop drops. I have seen it in our yard. Last year we had very little grapes but a bumper crop of apples. I think this year might be just the opposite. It kind of shows how monocropping can be a real boom or bust economy. We definitely do not do the monocrop...we hardly have a duplicate of anything.

Observing my yard is like looking into a crystal ball. I can start to see the future crops that will be on our table this summer and next winter. Cannot count my chickens before they hatch, but it may look like we will have our first kiwi out of the yard this year. Also hoping to have my first avocado(s), but do not know if anything is pollinating the flowers, which seem to be open only one day and then are gone. Lucky for the tree, there are lots of flowers!! The citrus trees are looking to be loaded. The biggest bloom I have ever seen is about to happen.

Speaking of citrus...the lemon. It is all we are going harvest for the next few weeks. After the mandarins, oranges, and grapefruit are gone, my body seems to still crave the daily vitamin C fix, so I take two lemons, squeeze them and put that into a pitcher of water. No sugar, just lemon and water. Quite refreshing and it really makes you feel good.

An five-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Lemons: 86 ($43.00)
Oranges: 8 ($4.00)
Grapefruit: 5 ($5.00)
Salad Greens: 5 salads


Year 2, Day 262
Gone

Year 2, Day 263
Gone

Year 2, Day 264
1) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 265
1) 5 lemons
2) 1 grapefruit
3) 2 oranges
4) salad greens

Year 2, Day 266
1) 10 lemons
2) 2 grapefruit
3) 3 oranges
4) salad greens

Year 2, Day 267
1) 1 lemon
2) 1 orange
3) 1 grapefruit

Year 2, Day 268
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 269
1) salad greens

Year 2, Day 270
1) 6 lemons
2) 1 orange

Year 2, Day 271
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 272
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 273
1) 1 lemon

Year 2, Day 274
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 275
1) 2 lemons
2) salad greens

Year 2, Day 276
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 277
1) 5 lemons

Year 2, Day 278
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 279
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 280
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 281
1) 3 lemons

Year 2, Day 282
1) 6 lemons

Year 2, Day 283
1) salad greens

Year 2, Day 284
1) 3 lemons

Year 2, Day 285
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 286
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 287
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 288
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 289
1) 5 lemons
2) 1 orange

Year 2, Day 290
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 291
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 292
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 293
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 294
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 295
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 296
1) 3 lemons

Five-Week harvest: $57.00
Total Produce Harvested : $3021.25
Total Honey Harvested: $360.00
Expenses: $370.00 (seeds, lettuce, fertilizer)