Saturday, June 16, 2012

Days 662 - 717 BB King

Eigt weeks is just too long of a time. We left harvesting only lemons and we have already harvested our first cherry tomatos!! I will try to commit to a 4 week maximum between posts.

Why BB King? Well, berries and beets are king right now in the garden. Not to mention that I harvested honey early and took nearly 2 gallons. Good stuff!! We have had so little rain in the spring but that has made a greatt berry spring. We are harvesting raspberries every morning and evening with more than enough for everybody in the family (and some for the neighbors). Gotta love that!! Beets are plentiful and the beets and the greens have been feeding our family every 2 or three days. Kids love them and we do too.

I started this blog trying to show that you can harvest something every day in Sonoma County and I am just completing 2 years. Pretty cool. By the time I post again I will be in the third year. I can forsee trouble in October with a small apple harvest...but the citrus crop next winter looks great!!

An eight-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Lemons: 101 ($50.50)
Salad Greens: 21 salads ($21.00)
Garlic: 61 bulbs ($30.50)
Chard: 3 bunches ($6.00)
Beets: 33 ($27.50)
Strawberries: 11 baskets ($22.00)
Raspberries: 9.5 baskets ($19.00)
Blueberries: 2.75 baskets ($5.50)
Cherries: 0.5 lb ($4.00)
Honey: 8 quarts ($160.00)

Year 2, Day 297
1) 2 lemons
2) 1 garlic

Year 2, Day 298
1) 2 lemons
2) Salad Greens

Year 2, Day 299
1) 1 lemon

Year 2, Day 300
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 301
1) Salad Greens

Year 2, Day 302
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 303
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 304
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 305
1) 5 lemons

Year 2, Day 306
1) 2 lemons
2) Salad Greens

Year 2, Day 307
1) 1 lemon

Year 2, Day 308
1) 1 lemon

Year 2, Day 309
1) 2 lemons
2) Salad Greens

Year 2, Day 310
1) 3 lemons

Year 2, Day 311
1) 4 lemons
2) Salad Greens

Year 2, Day 312
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 313
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 314
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 315
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 316
1) Salad Greens

Year 2, Day 317
1) 5 lemons

Year 2, Day 318
1) 2 lemons
2) Salad Greens

Year 2, Day 319
1) Salad Greens
2) 1 Garlic

Year 2, Day 320
1) 2 lemons
2) 1 Garlic
3) Salad Greens

Year 2, Day 321
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 322
1) 2 bunches Chard

Year 2, Day 323
1) 1 lemon
2) 1/2 basket Strawberries

Year 2, Day 324
1) 1 lemon
2) Salad Greens

Year 2, Day 325
1) 2 lemons
2) 1 garlic
3) 1 raspberrry
4) 1/2 basket Strawberries

Year 2, Day 326
1) 1 lemon

Year 2, Day 327
1) 1 lemon
2) Salad Greens
3) 1/2 basket Strawberries

Year 2, Day 328
1) 4 lemons
2) 1 cherry
3) 1 garlic

Year 2, Day 329
1) 3 lemons
2) 56 garlic

Year 2, Day 330
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 331
1) 5 lemons
2) 4 blueberries
3) 10 cherries

Year 2, Day 332
1) Salad Greens

Year 2, Day 333
1) 2 lemons
2) 1 bunch chard

Year 2, Day 334
1) 1 lemon
2) Salad Greens
3) 1 basket strawberries
4) 4 cherries
5) 4 raspberries

Year 2, Day 335
1) 8 lemons

Year 2, Day 336
1) 4 beets
2) 6 raspberries
3) 6 cherries
4) 1 basket strawberries

Year 2, Day 337
1) 1 lemon
2) Salad Greens

Year 2, Day 338
1) 5 lemons
2) 6 beets
3) Salad Greens
4) 1/4 basket blueberries

Year 2, Day 339
1) 1 lemon
2) Salad Greens
3) 1 bunch chard
4) 1.5 bvaskets strawberries
5) 1/4 basket blueberries
6) 1/4 basket raspberries

Year 2, Day 340
Gone

Year 2, Day 341
1) 1 lemon

Year 2, Day 342
1) 5 beets
2) Salad greens
3) 1.5 baskets strawberries
4) 1/2 basket raspberries
5) 8 quarts honey

Year 2, Day 343
1) 2 lemons

Year 2, Day 344
1) 5 beets
2) Salad Greens
3) 2 baskets strawberries
4) 1 basket raspberries

Year 2, Day 345
1) 1 lemon
2) 1 basket Raspberries
3) 1/4 basket blueberries

Year 2, Day 346
1) 1 lemon
2) 1 basket raspberries
3) 1 basket strawberries

Year 2, Day 347
1) 8 lemons
2) 5 beets
3) Salad Greens
4) 1.5 baskets raspberries
5) 1/2 basket blueberries

Year 2, Day 348
1) Salad Greens
2) 1.5 baskets strawberries
3) 1/2 basket blueberries

Year 2, Day 349
Gone

Year 2, Day 350
Gone

Year 2, Day 351
1) 3 beets
2) 2 baskets raspberries
3) 1 cherry tomato

Year 2, Day 352
1) 5 beets
2) Salad Greens
3) 2 baskets Raspberries
4) 1 basket blueberries

Eight-Week harvest: $190.00
Total Produce Harvested : $3211.25
Total Honey Harvested: $520.00
Expenses: $380.00 (seeds)