Days 718 - 745 Variety of Life

Coming out of winter it amazes me how much variety can come out of a little backyard garden. This 4-week period saw 14 varieties of produce...almost a grocery store...with quality that never ceases to amaze the senses.

It is this time of the year when we can start seeing a real difference in our shopping habits. I have been doing most of the grocery shopping for the summer and I hardly have to buy any produce. I buy carrots because we do not grow those and the occasional bunch of bananas, but I have been finding that we can eat almost all of our fruit and at least half of our veggies from our yard. The tally for the last 4 weeks is over $200...which is greater than the entire 8 weeks prior. That itself says why my shopping trips have become so much easier.

The summer fruit. That is what we are partaking in right now. Peaches are ripening nicely and we are doing our daily consumption. Lucky for us, the first peach variety that we get is slow to ripen and I can find about 10 each day that are perfect. The aprium though was a different story. How that tree has the quality of a plum!!! All of the fruit came and went in about 10 days. Giving some away and freezing a whole lot...for the kids love them frozen!! What a treat.

Starting the 3rd year of continuous harvest. Here we go!!

A four-week summary if you do not want to read the details:
Lemons: 15 ($7.50)
Salad Greens: 5 salads ($5.00)
Chard: 8.5 bunches ($17.00)
Beets: 40 ($30.00)
Strawberries: 3.5 baskets ($7.00)
Raspberries: 15.5 baskets ($31.00)
Blueberries: 8 baskets ($16.00)
Apriums: 105 ($39.00)
Nectarines: 17 ($12.00)
Peaches: 35 ($18.00)
Zucchini: 24 ($23.50)
Cucumber: 7 ($4.00)
Tomatoes: 2 ($1.00)
Cherry Tomato: 1 basket ($2.00)

Year 2, Day 353
1) 1 basket Strawberries
2) Salad greens
3) 1/2 bunch chard
4) 3 baskets raspberries
5) 5 lemons

Year 2, Day 354
1) 1/2 basket blueberries
2) 5 beets
3) salad greens
4) 1 basket raspberries
5) 1 aprium

Year 2, Day 355
1) 2 bunches chard
2) 5 apriums
3) 1.5 baskets raspberries

Year 2, Day 356
1) Salad greens
2) 5 beets
3) 1 aprium
4) 1 basket raspberries
5) 1/2 basket blueberries

Year 2, Day 357
1) Salad greens

Year 2, Day 358
1) 6 beets
2) 1 basket raspberries
3) 1 lemon
4) 1 aprium

Year 2, Day 359
1) 1 bunch chard
2) 6 lemons
3) 1 basket raspberries
4) 1/2 basket blueberries

Year 2, Day 360
1) 1 basket strawberries
2) salad greens

Year 2, Day 361
1) 1.5 baskets raspberries
2) 2 apriums

Year 2, Day 362
1) 6 beets
2) 1 basket raspberries
3) 2 apriums

Year 2, Day 363
1) 1 basket blueberries
2) 5 apriums

Year 2, Day 364
1) 6 beets
2) 12 apriums
3) 1/2 basket raspberries

Year 2, Day 365
1) 2 bunches chard
2) 1 basket strawberries
3) 1 basket blueberries
4) 1 basket raspberries
5) 6 apriums

Year 2, Day 366
1) 4 zukes
2) 2 cherry tomatoes
3) 1 basket blueberries
4) 1/2 basket raspberries
5) 30 apriums

Year 3, Day 1
1) 6 beets
2) 1 nectarine
3) 1 zuke
4) 20 apriums

Year 3, Day 2
1) 10 apriums
2) 1 basket blueberries
3) 2 cherry tomatoes
4) 3 nectarines
5) 1 zuke

Year 3, Day 3
1) 10 apriums
2) 1 nectarine
3) 6 beets
4) 1.5 baskets raspberries

Year 3, Day 4
1) 5 nectarines
2) 1 basket blueberries

Year 3, Day 5
1) 6 zukes
2) 1 nectarine
3) 3 peaches

Year 3, Day 6
1) 2 nectarines
2) 2 bunches chard

Year 3, Day 7
1) 4 nectarines
2) 5 zukes

Year 3, Day 8
1) 1 basket blueberries
2) 3 peaches

Year 3, Day 9
1) 3 zukes
2) 5 cukes
3) 1 peach

Year 3, Day 10
Gone

Year 3, Day 11
1) 2 tomatoes
2) 2 zukes

Year 3, Day 12
1) 1/2 basket strawberries
2) 1/2 basket blueberries
3) 10 peaches
4) 3 zukes
5) 2 cukes
6) 3 lemons

Year 3, Day 13
1) 8 peaches
2) 2 zukes
3) 1 bunch chard

Year 3, Day 14
1) 10 peaches
2) 1 zuke

Four-Week harvest: $213.00
Total Produce Harvested : $3424.25
Total Honey Harvested: $520.00
Expenses: $430.00 (seeds and avocado tree)