A farm report is long overdue -- the ground here in our temperate climate has been frozen solid for over a week.
Halfway through harvest time I thought it would be fun to weigh and keep track of the produce we grow in our little urban garden. This isn’t the full list, and I am ashamed to say that I let quite a few green beans languish on the vine until they were unsuitable for consumption, even with a lot of garlic and butter. They didn’t make the roster. But here’s a partial list:
- 2 1/2 lbs green beans
- 1 lb cucumbers (I know I had a bunch more that I didn’t weigh, and more that languished in company with the beans)
- 18 lbs Italian plums
- 3 lbs eggplant
- 11 lbs tomatoes
- 2 lbs garlic
A picture of the largest tomato this year is below with a dime next to it to show the size. It was 1 3/4 lbs all on its own!
We also had lettuce, basil, cherry tomatoes, kale and Swiss chard (that’s still in the ground and we’re still eating), leeks (that we intend to eat whenever the ground thaws out a little), bell peppers, a few shelling peas, Loulou’s potatoes, lots of radishes, strawberries, raspberries and apples and last but not least, Manu’s prized grapes. He got three bunches this year and they were so sweet and delicious! Everybody needs their own little kitchen garden.
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