Cumulative Harvest Tally

We have been weighing everything coming out of our garden (that which we're eating, doesn't go to waste before we can eat it, and with exception to the early salads), since late April, kicking off our summer harvest.

We've tallied the results, and since April we have grown exactly:

33 lbs. of our own produce!

Sadly, I thought it would be more than this. There are a few things I should mention:

*We had some major blossom end rot on the tomatoes and about 1/2 of them were no good. However, the indeterminates are kicking into high gear and we're getting a fairly consistent harvest on an every-other-day basis now.

*Our yellow pattypan squash seems to go crazy if we don't tend to it for a day or so, pumping out HUGE specimens that we don't get around to eating (I've heard they're very seedy anyway). We've thrown a good number of these in the green waste bin. The green ones taste more succulent anyway.

*We have butternut squash and 30+ pumpkins ripening as we speak. There should be no shortage of poundage once these come ripe in a couple months!

July 30th is my self-deemed midway point for the gardening season, and I'll post a little more about our garden, what worked this year, and what I've planned for next year on July 30th. (This post always gets me ridiculously excited.)

I hope all of your gardens are coming alive and providing for you and your families.