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August Harvest Totals

Posted on August 31, 2009 at 11:19 PM

August was a whiz bang harvest month with a final tally of 140 pounds of harvest -  which was 1 pound more than the entire tally of February through July combined!    Contributing to the big increase in production were the bush green beans (17.25 lbs), cabbages (10.50 lbs), corn (6.50 lbs), onions (11.50 lbs), potatoes (9.25 lbs), tomatoes (38.00 lbs), and zucchini (12.75 lbs).   Obviously the tomato tally was pre-blight infestation.  I still have a few plants producing tomatoes for me and there are tomatoes ripening off the vine in the garage (salvaged from the plants before they were removed) - so there will be yet a little more tomato poundage added to the tally in September, but not very much.                               

      

September should be another oversized harvest month because of the big potato bed  lift that will occur plus quite a few of the pumpkins and winter squash will be ready for harvest in the coming month too.                       

         

Did not do alot of harvesting this evening as I had items in the fridge from the Saturday harvest that needed using up.   However, after dinner I did pop out to the garden and picked 2 pounds of tomatoes  - mostly Stupice which is still producing heavily despite obviously coming down with the blight now too.    In addition, I picked a selection of blackberries, strawberries, and blueberries for some after dinner snacking.                                   

 

 

More often then not, we tend to just pick and eat the berries in the garden and they never make it into the house for weighing.  Consequently, the tally for berries is definitely understated.   I don't want to give up the garden snacking though just to get a perfectly accurate tally.                     

   

Was August a good harvest month in your garden?

Categories: Harvesting, Berries, Vegetables

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6 Comments

Reply DuaneD
02:30 AM on September 01, 2009 
Congrats on your August total! I hoping to get to that level in the future. Very inspired!

Cheers
Duane
Reply kitsapfreedomgardener
08:32 AM on September 01, 2009 
DuaneD - This is the first year I have ever bothered keeping track of the pounds produced. It's kind of a hassle having to remember to weigh everything, but it certainly has been interesting and I think it will be useful in future years to compare to.
Reply Daphne
09:18 AM on September 01, 2009 
My August tally was similar in a way. It was more than the rest of the year combined. Unlike yours it was mostly tomatoes. My zucchini and beans just didn't produce well this summer. My corn had the silks eaten off by earwigs. I guess I at least got lots of tomatoes despite the blight. My September won't be a good harvest month though. Not like August at all. Since none of the cucurbits did well, I might get two winter squash. Maybe. I'll see if the second actually ripens in time. My potatoes seem to be a bust (taken down by blight), but I'll dig the space in a bit and see if there are any. Weirdly enough I've still been happy with the harvest. I know a lot of the crops didn't do well, but others did and it all adds up. I have sauce and salsa in the freezer and frozen greens and chilies. I have pickled peas. I won't feed myself with my own veggies over the winter, but I do have some.
Reply kitsapfreedomgardener
11:39 PM on September 01, 2009 
Daphne - Definitely had some similar experiences with you this year. I have been having earwigs eat off the silks of the corn too. Fortunately, it was after they had been pollinated so the corn still produced despite that. Annoying though. Also like you, I had blight take down my tomato patch just when it was getting into really high gear as far as production went. Luckily, I managed to get some decent tomato harvests before the devastation and am even managing to ripen off the vine some of hte salvaged fruits. I like your attitude of appreciating what went right in the garden and keeping perspective on what did not go as well.
Reply hsheather
07:45 AM on September 02, 2009 
Thats a lot of veggies! My garden has been producing like crazy as well, although it is starting to slow down. I've gotten lots of tomaoes despite the early(and now I think late) blight. Also green beans, cucumbers, zucchini, onions, tomatillos, bell peppers, jalapenos and potatoes. The pumpkins are almost ready for harvest as well. I'd love to weigh them, but doubt I would do that very consistently. It is neat to know though.
Reply kitsapfreedomgardener
08:46 AM on September 02, 2009 
hsheather - It's definitely been an informative process to weigh everything - but adds another step in my routine that I am still having to remind myself about all the time. With the exception of hte tomato loss, it really has a been a very good garden season for us.