How to Grow Your Own Food – 11/21/2013 Garden Tally

This past week I was able to harvest just under 5 pounds of produce from our backyard garden. Technically not a whole bunch of food, but man oh man is it gorgeous or what?

Fresh beets, crunch carrots, purple and white potatoes and a head of Romanesco Broccoli. Giddy up! Gardening in the fall is RAD, isn’t it?

I’m not sure what I’m going to make with all of my yummy vegetables yet, so if you have a good recipe for beets or broccoli please leave your suggestions in the comment section below.

Keep Calm and Garden On,

~ 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 – 134 pounds 14 ounces

We’ve got plenty of beets to dig up, and I don’t know about you, but I think winter beets are the best!

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 – 2 pounds

Finally! I can’t wait to harvest some more.

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. Plus, apparently it’s frost hardy too, so why rush things, right? 🙂

Carrots – 44 pounds 3 ounces

I’m looking forward to pulling up carrots all winter long.

Chives – 2 pound 8 ounces

We regular chives and garlic chives growing right now.

Cucumbers 9 pound 6 ounces

 I’ll be buying hothouse cucumbers at Costco until next summer.

Egg Count – 2,245

We actually remembered to count eggs this week! Only 48 eggs, and I’m pretty sure the count will be dropping each week now that the weather is getting cooler.

Garlic 9 pounds 2 ounces

We planted our garlic a few weeks ago and we have tiny shoots popping up now.

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 and I grow it mostly for the chickens. Because I think it tastes gross.

Kohlrabi 5 pounds 10 ounces

Lettuce – 37 pounds 13 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

I wonder if we have anymore onions hidden in the garden beds? Note to self: look in the raspberry bed.

Pears 47 pounds 7 ounces

Pear butter is AWESOME!

Peas – 42 pounds 9 ounces

Potatoes – 321 pounds 2 ounces

How to Harvest and Store Potatoes for Winter.

Radish – 22 pounds 2 ounces

We have some seedlings popping up. I’ll try and take some pictures.

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.

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

Swiss Chard 52 pounds 4 ounces

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

Tomatoes 234 pounds 15 ounces

Wheatgrass – 7 ounces

Zucchini – 72 pounds 13 ounces

Total Food Harvested in 2013: 1460 pounds 9 ounces

Total Eggs Collected in 2013: 2,245 {+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.