How to Grow Your Own Food – 10/23/2013 Garden Tally

 

Last week the only thing I harvested was 3 ounces of chives. Whoop. T. Do.

But, I did plant an entire bed with winter carrots and radishes, so that kind of makes up for it, right? 🙂 Even though there isn’t a whole lot going on in the garden these days harvest wise, I do have some major clean up projects on the agenda.

It’s just finding the time to get them all done that’s the hard part.

Right now we have lettuce, basil and beets  growing under the grow lights I have set up on my desk in the office. I plan on growing the basil indoors, moving the lettuce to the greenhouse and the beets to a garden beds next week.

Are you indoor gardening this fall too? If so, I’d love to hear about it.

~Mavis

Here is what I have harvested so far this year:

Basil – 1 pound 3 ounces

We’ve got basil growing under the grow lights. In the past we’ve enjoyed making fresh pesto and strawberry basil jam with it.

Beets – 133 pounds 12 ounces

We’ve got plenty of beets in the ground to use, just have to find the time to work them into our dinner menu.

Bok Choy – 7 pounds

We didn’t end up growing too much bok choy this year, but it’s on the list for 2014.

Broccoli – 13 ounces

Our broccoli plants are doing great and I’m looking forward to a late fall harvest. Girly Girl stole most my plants.

Cabbage – 40 pounds 14 ounce

We are still waiting to harvest our fall cabbage. I feel like I keep saying that but cabbage totally has a mind of it’s own.

Carrots – 43 pounds 11 ounces

I didn’t pull up any carrots this past week but we’ve still got carrots growing in 3 different garden beds. I’m hoping these ones will be my Valentine Carrots.

Chives – 2 pound 8 ounces

We regular chives and garlic chives growing right now. I harvested a whopping 3 ounces of chives last week for a baked potato party.

Cucumbers 9 pound 6 ounces

Our cucumbers are done for the season. ‘ll be buying hothouse cucumbers at Costco until next summer. There English cucumbers are the best deal around.

Egg Count – 2,197

Sadly The Girl did not keep track of the egg count last week while I was away so I can’t update it. Boo!!

Garlic 9 pounds 2 ounces

We planted our garlic a few weeks ago, I haven’t seen anything coming up through the soil yet, but it should be soon.

Garlic Scapes 11 ounces

We use them to make Garlic Scape Pesto.

Green Beans 17 pounds 11 ounces

Kale – 42 pounds 14 ounces

I have it growing alongside the chicken coop. Lucy Puggle sneaks a bit every once in a while but mostly, I grow it for the chickens.

Kohlrabi 5 pounds 10 ounces

Lettuce – 37 pounds 3 ounces

Note to self – Harvest lettuce in greenhouse.

Microgreens 5 ounces

Mint 13 oz

I made some blueberry mint jam this summer.

Oregano – 1 pound 12 ounces

I used fresh oregano in my heirloom tomato sauce this summer.

Onion – 37 pounds 8 ounces

Pears 47 pounds 7 ounces

Pear butter is AWESOME!

Peas – 42 pounds 9 ounces

Note to self: Pick greenhouse peas.

Potatoes – 319 pounds

How to Harvest and Store Potatoes for Winter.

2 weeks asgo while I was clearing the pumpkin patch I also dug up a few of the potatoes we planted beneath the pumpkin mounds. So far I’ve only dug up about 19 pounds, but there is a boatload more to be dug up. Maybe I’ll have Monkey Boy help me with this today. We’ll see.

Radish – 22 pounds 2 ounces

I planted radish seeds last week.

Raspberries – 21 pounds 7 ounces

Rhubarb – 39 pounds 9 ounces

Sage – 14 ounces

Squash 230 pounds 10 ounces

After all was said and done we ended up with 230 pounds of pumpkins. Not what I was hoping for. My pumpkin crop totally failed this year due to poor crop rotation. Some years are good, and other, not so much.

Spinach – 15 ounces

I planted more in the greenhouse for a winter harvest. 🙂

Sprouts –2 pounds 15 ounces

Here are instructions for growing your own sprouts.

Strawberries 23 pounds 14 ounces

Strawberry season is over for the year.

Swiss Chard 52 pounds 4 ounces

Gag. Our backyard chickens love it and it’s great for trading.

Tomatoes 234 pounds 15 ounces

I need to check on the tomatoes we have growing in the greenhouse. It’s getting to be about that time of year when they need to be pulled up. I was hoping to grow them into November but we’ll see.

Wheatgrass – 7 ounces

Zucchini – 72 pounds 13 ounces

Total Food Harvested in 2013: 1455 pounds 0 ounces

Total Eggs Collected in 2013: 2,197 {+more that we forgot to count}

If you are new to gardening or just want to learn more about organic gardening, my #1 favorite garden book is The Gardener’s A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food By Tanya L.K. Denckla.