As all good farmers do, we kept a log of how much we harvested during the season. Tom was the driving force behind this and made sure that everything got logged. At the start, we measured items by different means; some by the pound, some by the item, etc. For fall we will stick to pounds for everything for consistency sake.
Here is what was produced in TYs Veggie Patch this summer...
Squash - 8.63 lbs
Swiss Chard - 14.50 bunches
Cilantro - 4 cups. This photo may look like more than 4 cups and it probably is. We weren't quite ready to use the cilantro at the time it took off. Then once the tomatoes were ready for salsa, the tomato plants had grown over the cilantro and smothered it. Note for next year; give tomatoes more space and prune them more frequently to control growth.
Dill - (the fuzzy stuff on the right side of the photo). We never did weigh this but we used a good deal in early summer. Same thing happened with this as the cilantro - the eggplant and marigolds snuffed the dill out.
Basil - 64 cups. Yep, that's right. AND towards the end of the season we let quite a bit of it die off too.
Cucumbers - 16 each
Beets - 3.51 lbs
Lima beans - 0. The plants got HUGE but only produced less than a hand full of beans.
Soybeans - .5 lbs By the time these came up, it was too hot for these beans. At least, that's how they behaved. They put out beans, but seemed to struggle with the heat. Must be better for spring and fall instead.
Green beans - 0. Bugs got to these plants before they produced anything. Didn't even get going enough to get a photo.
Tomatoes (Health Kicks) - 49.52 lbs
Tomatoes (Money Makers) - 11.71 lbs
Tomatoes (Druzba) - 1.56 lbs
Tomatoes (Black) - 7.42 lbs (Pictured above.) The very last tomatoes of 2010, ripening on the window sill ... a few more health kick hybrids, a few black beauties, and a couple more health kicks. I used a few to make guacamole for Sunday's game-time feast. The black ones were a big favorite ... so meaty and non-acidic, a true fruit that you just want to eat like an apple, they were so good. Unfortunately, the plants are MONSTERS. Next year, they're getting pruned religiously.
Peppers (Banana) - 4.91 lbs
Peppers (Rainbow) - 1.25 lbs (and counting ... there are another 4 or 5 on the vine that will be ready in about a week or so).
Peppers (Mariachi) - 9.38 lbs
Potatoes - 3.19 lbs
Okra - 9.62 lbs
Lettuce - .63 lbs. This also never took off. We got a few leaves to make a single, side salad and that was it. We likely didn't have the soil just right. But it was amazing any of it grew to begin with, especially since the dirt was mostly clay and had never been worked. We'll be adding some green manure in the form of a cover crop this fall to help that situation.
Eggplant - 18.32 lbs
Cantaloupe - 9.44 lbs (and these were volunteers, to boot!).
Pumpkins - 0. Lack of water and bugs got the better of the pumpkin patch.
Still in the ground and producing (although on their last legs) are 6 or 7 okra plants, and all three pepper plants. Once we've harvested the last of those we'll add them to our total. But for now the main focus is on the fall seeds we planted two weekends ago. Now we're just waiting on the fall temperatures and some much needed rain!
~Y
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