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Harvest Monday - October 11, 2010

Posted on October 11, 2010 at 12:38 AM

Each Monday, Daphne’s Dandelions hosts “Harvest Monday” where everyone submits links to their blog posts summarizing their harvest for the week.   It’s fun to see what everyone else is harvesting from gardens in so many different regions.   Check it out and join in!         

   

This week’s harvest is a mish mash of things. A few summer crop items that are giving me a lingering last gasp of production (pole beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, and zucchini) and some fall crops that one would more expect to see by mid October (broccoli, carrots, celery, parsnips and pumpkin).           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harvest totals for the week of October 4th through October 10th (rounded to the nearest ¼ pound).    

  • Beans (pole) 0.25 lbs
  • Broccoli 1.00 lbs
  • Carrots 0.50 lbs
  • Celery 0.25 lbs
  • Cucumbers 0.25 lbs
  • Parsnips 0.75 lbs
  • Pumpkins 4.50 lbs
  • Tomatoes 1.50 lbs
  • Zucchini 3.00 lbs

Total For Week 12.00 lbs

Total Year To Date 407.00 lbs        

 

Eggs harvested this week - 41           

 

Laura

kitsapfreedomgardener

Categories: Harvesting, Vegetables

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14 Comments

Reply hsheather
07:50 AM on October 11, 2010 
Your harvests look so summery. Enjoy all your variety.
Reply foodgardenkitchen
10:59 AM on October 11, 2010 
What a nicley varied harvest as we bridge the seasons!
Reply Daphne
11:02 AM on October 11, 2010 
I really have to plant celery next year. I'm totally out and haven't seen it at the farmers market. I've got to scour it this week. Maybe one of the farmers there has some. I need to chop and freeze some for my fall and winter soups.
Reply Mary
11:36 AM on October 11, 2010 
Nice Harvest! I am going to start adding our harvest weights next year. It looks so impressive to have that big number on your sidebar, and I think it will encourage others to garden, which is something I like to do. If I had more gardeners around, I'd have more people to exchange garden experiences and even heirloom seeds with.

-Mary
Reply thyme2garden
12:01 PM on October 11, 2010 
Your broccoli looks fantastic. Then again, most your vegetables always do!
Reply kitsapfreedomgardener
12:05 PM on October 11, 2010 
hsheather - The summery aspect will be fading away soon. That was the last of the tomatoes that ripened off the vine and the cukes and zukes are still producing but the plants are looking tired and the night time temps are getting into the mid 40's so I cannot imagine they are long for this world.

foodgardenkitchen - The summer crops are definitely lingering longer this year But then again, they started so much later too.

Daphne - It is probably a good thing you did not plant celery this year because your long hot summer is not what that plant really thrives in. My plants did not bolt at all and just kept going and I attribute that entirely to the cool and damp year we experienced. Good cabbage and celery weather.

Mary - keeping track of the harvests is kind of fun and informative - and indeed can inspire others. I use a spreadsheet to drop the weights into and it makes it pretty easy. The hard part is actually remembering to weigh the produce before you start using it!

thyme2garden - The broccoli is particularly good tasting this fall. The growing conditions (cool and damp) is to it's liking.
Reply Angela
03:56 PM on October 11, 2010 
Nice varied harvest. I like this time of year when summer and fall crop produce at the same time.
Reply Madame C
04:51 AM on October 12, 2010 
What a lovely blog I have found thanks to Daphne and her harvest theme! Lovely harvest from your garden:)
Charlotta
Cesar's garden (Sweden)
http://cesarstradgard.blogspot.com
Reply kitsapfreedomgardener
09:26 AM on October 12, 2010 
Angela - It is a nice time for harvests, but very short lived. The summer items are fast dissappearing from the garden landscape.

Madame C - Glad you found your way to my site. I will have to visit your blog as well.
Reply Tyra
10:17 AM on October 12, 2010 
Great harvest Laura the freedomgardener it look very healty and your total tally is very impressive. Do you grow your vegetables ecologically./ Tyra
Reply kitsapfreedomgardener
11:31 PM on October 12, 2010 
Tyra - Thank you for the kind words. I do use organic growing methods in my garden. One of the great benefits of growing our own food is controlling and limiting what goes into the soil and on the plants that eventually end up as food on our table.
Reply Dan
11:18 AM on October 13, 2010 
The red tomatoes look perfect! Did you every get the cherokee purple to ripen?
Reply mac
01:33 PM on October 13, 2010 
Wow 41 eggs in a week, do you eat all of them?
Nice and varied harvest as usual.
Reply kitsapfreedomgardener
08:58 AM on October 14, 2010 
Dan - Those are the last of the tomatoes I ripened off the vine. I lost about 1/3rd of the tomatoes I pulled in - but the other 2/3rds ripened up nicely. I did not get one single Cherokee Purple. Of the plants I started only one seems to have actually bred true as a CP and of that plant produced very few fruit and all of them were lost without making it to ripe status. The odds were just stacked against me this year. I may try another plant or two of CP next year and see if I can summon up a little success with them.

mac - Yes we do eat them for the most part, although about a week ago I did share a dozen with a friend and co-worker at work. We have eggs for breakfast about every other day. I keep boiled eggs on hand which I slice up on salad, make egg salad out of, or just eat as a fast snack. I also make a dozen hardboiled eggs up into a tray of deviled eggs which I then just keep in a covered carrier in the fridge for a fast lunch or snack. The hens were at their peak of production during the month of September but they as the day length shortens and it gets colder, the egg production is definitely slowing down.