Well it looks like the harvest tally has passed its dip and back on the rise, up 7% from last month, hitting a 31% vegetable self sufficiency. I expect this to continue as each day when I walk around the garden admiring it, I see many more plants nearing harvest. Like this carrot still a little undersized but hopefully her friends hiding among the weeds will be fat and ready for the picking in the coming weeks.
Grown (g) Purchased (g) Grown %
Avocado 1600 0%
Beans 2,435 0%
Beetroot 955 0%
Broccoli 1,350 100%
Capsicum 1,695 0%
Carrot 35 2,405 1%
Celery 1,120 100%
Corn 420 0%
Cabage 360 100%
Cucumber 1,690 0%
Eggplant 320 0%
Garlic 120 0%
Herbs Fresh 50 100 33%
Kale 245 100%
Leek 800 0%
Lettuce 645 100%
Onion 1,875 0%
Parsley 70 100%
Pea 2,800 0%
Potato 4,865 0%
Pumpkin 3,190 0%
Rocket 130 100%
Spring Onion 400 0%
Sweet Potato 1,590 0%
Spinach 100 100%
Tomato 3,585 0%
Zucchini 1,245 0%
Total 4,105 32,090 11%
Average 31%
Time 6.25 person hours
At the end of June we put in a concerted effort planting out the last garden bed, thanks to my gardening group, but since that the garden has mostly been left to its own devices. I possibly turned a compost heap or two, and pulled a few weeds out of the path, but that has probably been about it. Oh and harvesting of course.
While the garden has been taking care of itself I have been focussing on preparing for spring, as this time I would really like the garden filled with our own seedlings. So effort was put into getting the mini greenhouse ready, and planting out or throwing out any remaining winter seedlings. I have also been working on ways to raise seedling indoors. Stay tuned for that one.
Have you started preparing for spring?
Lovely looking greens, Jason! I hope you have a big crop of carrots - ours aren't nearly ready yet, but hopefully we'll get some broccoli soon. We're planting and mulching - potatoes are coming along well, and we've planted more, as well as lettuce, blue kale (somewhat optimistically) and broccoli rabe.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad your greenhouse has worked - we couldn't make it work, so ended up buying a seedling heat mat, which seems to have made a difference to our germination rates.
Yes we have been enjoying the greens, never had so many. Good to hear your potatoes are coming along. It amazes me how better fresh potatoes taste. Ours still have a way to go.
DeleteYour broccoli makes me jealous - mine were tiny. Carrots and potatoes doing well here. I'm barely organised for winter, surely spring is ages away!
ReplyDeleteThis is the first time I have managed to grow such big and lovely broccoli. I wonder if it has anything to do with the chickens? Sorry to alarm you Jo, but spring is less than a month away, and as summer is such a harsh season I find it important to make the most out of spring.
DeleteVery nice! I also have broccoli envy! I've only got plants producing side shoots... My garden prep to date has comprised of going over my seed collection and buying some seeds. But the plan is to get sowing the first lot of seeds this weekend! Then it will start to feel like spring is really just around the corner.
ReplyDeleteSounds like we are on the same timeline. I too have been looking through the seed collection, and plan to kick off seedlings asap.
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