this years garden's yields...?
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 1:11 pm
Hey everyone
it's been the strangest gardening year ever at my place.....however, i'm not complaining.
we've been keeping track of the yields this year, and i have to say i'm pleasantly surprised with some of the crops.
first some things have been abysmal-my parsley never even sprouted. and my onions got eaten twice.....and the lettuce bolted in record time. and the tomato hornworms have been crazy lately (thank goodness for btk!). and my peas....planted 5 times, and NOTHING.
anyways, some things are doing amazing.
sunflowers-mammoth russians are i swear 12 feet tall!
2 huge pumpkins on one skinny little plant
there must be 30 butternut squash out there almost ready to go.
hubbard squash didn't do really well, but there's 5 or so
the tomatoes-already picked 4 bushels of romas, another 4 of fields. the cherry tomatoes tanked this year, but the fields are easily a pound each! way too many for me to use, so i'm giving bushels away to friends and neighbours.
the cabbage is huge and beautiful. carrots are almost ready (have no clue if the carrot maggot got any or not yet). 20 heads of cauliflower. 15 heads of broccoli.
10 brussel sprout plants are huge and still going.
zucchini was crazy, at least 100 pounds, much fed to chickens and made into brownies and gifted to people
at least 80 cucumbers.
beans - put 35 bags to the freezer green and yellow wax beans.
put down a bushel of green and orange peppers to the freezer last night, gave a half bushel to a friend and have another bushel in my kitchen to go tonight.
fortna pumpkins...i haven't counted yet but they're growing through the horse paddock....
lettuce-at least 30 heads, with another 20 coming up
potatoes-planted 15 pounds, 5 pounds of 3 different types. got back at least 50 pounds of each. not a bad return on the investment!
the basil plant is 4 feet tall......um.....
sage is huge, chives everywhere.....i may have to go after my oregano with some nasty stuff to get it to stop spreading.
strawberries were okay....raspberries were crazy, blackberries tanked....
rhubarb was also amazing, and the asparagus season went super long and awesome!
i'm really really happy with the potatoes though, they're perfect, no wireworm damage and no scab this year!!!! yay!
how'd everyone else do?
it's been the strangest gardening year ever at my place.....however, i'm not complaining.
we've been keeping track of the yields this year, and i have to say i'm pleasantly surprised with some of the crops.
first some things have been abysmal-my parsley never even sprouted. and my onions got eaten twice.....and the lettuce bolted in record time. and the tomato hornworms have been crazy lately (thank goodness for btk!). and my peas....planted 5 times, and NOTHING.
anyways, some things are doing amazing.
sunflowers-mammoth russians are i swear 12 feet tall!
2 huge pumpkins on one skinny little plant
there must be 30 butternut squash out there almost ready to go.
hubbard squash didn't do really well, but there's 5 or so
the tomatoes-already picked 4 bushels of romas, another 4 of fields. the cherry tomatoes tanked this year, but the fields are easily a pound each! way too many for me to use, so i'm giving bushels away to friends and neighbours.
the cabbage is huge and beautiful. carrots are almost ready (have no clue if the carrot maggot got any or not yet). 20 heads of cauliflower. 15 heads of broccoli.
10 brussel sprout plants are huge and still going.
zucchini was crazy, at least 100 pounds, much fed to chickens and made into brownies and gifted to people
at least 80 cucumbers.
beans - put 35 bags to the freezer green and yellow wax beans.
put down a bushel of green and orange peppers to the freezer last night, gave a half bushel to a friend and have another bushel in my kitchen to go tonight.
fortna pumpkins...i haven't counted yet but they're growing through the horse paddock....
lettuce-at least 30 heads, with another 20 coming up
potatoes-planted 15 pounds, 5 pounds of 3 different types. got back at least 50 pounds of each. not a bad return on the investment!
the basil plant is 4 feet tall......um.....
sage is huge, chives everywhere.....i may have to go after my oregano with some nasty stuff to get it to stop spreading.
strawberries were okay....raspberries were crazy, blackberries tanked....
rhubarb was also amazing, and the asparagus season went super long and awesome!
i'm really really happy with the potatoes though, they're perfect, no wireworm damage and no scab this year!!!! yay!
how'd everyone else do?