Thursday, December 31, 2009

Garden Yield - 2009

Berries and other Fruit
-26 1/2 cups Black Raspberries
-49 1/2 cups Wineberries
-95 oz. Hybrid (Giant) Blackberries
-11 1/4 cups Blueberries
-3 to 4 dozen Figs picked,  many more rotted on the tree
Greens
-Beet Greens (4/27 - 6/28)  so delicious in fresh salads or cooked
-5 dozen stalks Rainbow Chard
-Basil (6/30 - 10/20)
Okra
-countless pods, more than we could eat!  The plants grew too tall for me to reach.
Peas and Beans
-6 cups Pink-Eyed Field Peas
-Purple Bush Beans, not very successful
-Pole Beans, more successful
-Butter Beans, planted late, harvested in Oct.
Potatoes and other Root Veggies
-8# Mixed New Potatoes
-6# Yukon Gold
-12# 6 oz Red Pontiac
-18 # Purple Viking
-7# Beets
-Carrots, not worth the trouble
-Radishes, plant 'em early
-Sweet Potatoes, dug 11/25, disappointing, planted too late
Tomatoes
-9 Arkansas Traveler
-14 Cherokee Purple - my favorite this year
-16 Early Girl - produces early and is prolific, but not much flavor
-24 Homestead
-8 Mule Team - big and flavorful
-43 Romas - disappointing, fruit fell off vine at stem before ripe
Not enough sun for these plants to produce much at all:
-Jelly Bean "grape" tomatoes
-Sun Gold "cherry" tomatoes
Squash -Plant them early!  (Stupid squash bugs.)
-14 butternut - a "do againer"
-1 crook neck
-1 patty-pan
Broccoli (fall)
-Best crop yet!  Nice sized center stalks, short season for side shoots.

Didn't keep track of the Sugar Snaps, lettuce, and other spring harvested crops.