Well I am pleased to say Aprils vegetable self-sufficiency of 29% is higher than I thought it would be, but a lot lower than April last year with 43% :-( Compared to the previous months my basket has been feeling quite light. It would appear I still have much needed practice on mid season planting. Once my seedling experiments are over I am going to focus on establishing seedlings as a regular routine. And not being to precious about pulling out existing plants and making room for the new.
This month's big winner was eggplant - I am a bit over them to be honest. I won't plant as many next summer, 2 to 3 plants should do. We did enjoy some great baba ganoush dip though.
Grown (g) Purchased (g) Grown %
Avocado 800 0%
Beans 100 400 20%
Beetroot 200 100%
Broccoli 825 0%
Basil 45 100%
Bok Choy 30 170 15%
Capsicum 610 455 57%
Carrot 1,030 0%
Celery 155 0%
Cucumber 1,005 0%
Corn 500 0%
Chives
Corriander
Eggplant 2,830 100%
Garlic 70 0%
Ginger 125 0%
Kale 600 0%
Kohlrabi
Lettuce 385 0%
Lentil
Onion 90 2,165 4%
Parsley 60 100%
Pea 600 0%
Potato 890 0%
Pumpkin 2,285 1,305 64%
Rocket
Spring Onion 40 100%
Sweet Potato 1,755 0%
Spinach 135 0%
Silverbeet 100 100%
Sprouts
Tomato 330 2,290 13%
Zucchini 755 0%
Total 6,720 16,415 29%
Average 29%
Time 11 person hours
Money $ 44.00 (excludes water)
I though it valuable, at least interesting, to start recording the amount of money spent.
Jason, we've had a lean month too - mainly because we haven't had time to do much in the garden. We are eating an almost constant supply of tromboncinos though, and lots of eggplants, although they've just stopped ripening now the weather has turned cold. Perennial leeks are doing well, and we're getting some carrots, and there are finally some winter greens coming through. Can I ask - is the $44 what you spent on the garden, or on the vegetables that you bought to supplement what you grew?
ReplyDeleteThe $44 is on the garden only, specifically the growing of vegetables. I will start recording fruit figures once the fruit is producing a bit more. Recording how much we spend on buying vegetables would be an interesting exercise also, but the recording of things is already at my tolerable limit.
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