A happy Monday to you.
Isn’t it nice to see blue sky and green plants. Almost makes you feel warm even though it is January. Almost.
I thought you might be interested in knowing what Salt Creek Acres grew/produced over the last twelve months. I guess I should clarify. The only things that have been producing for twelve months are the chickens. The first crops of the garden began in June (thanks to our above average temperatures) and the goat milk began the end of May for Brown Sugar and the first of July for Halle Berry.
Here is a list of what we grew in the garden this year. If you want to skip down to the bottom for the total pounds feel free.
Kentucky Blue Beans 9 lbs.
Di Cicco Broccoli 1 lbs 6 oz
Danish Ballhead Cabbage 10 lbs 14 oz
Incredible Corn 27 ears
Homemade Pickles Cucumbers 82 lbs
Spacemaster Cucumber 113 lbs 4 oz
Brown Russian Cucumber 23 lbs 9 oz
Slim Jim Eggplant 4 lbs 12 oz
Mexican Sour Gherkin Cucumber 5 lbs 8 oz
Marconi Red Peppers 7 lbs
Winter Luxury Pie Pumkin 108 lbs
Delicata Squash 23 lbs 13 oz
Sweet Dumpling Squash 66 lbs
Oregon Spring Tomato 11 lbs 5 oz
Tom Watson Watermelon 86 lbs
Suyo Long Cucumber 19 lbs 7 oz
Evergreen Bunching Heshiko Oninon 2.6 oz
Early Jalapeno Hot Pepper 11 oz
Poona Keera Cucumber 23 lbs 11 oz
Potatoes 29 lbs
Coosa Summer Squash 121 lbs 9 oz
Caserta Summer Squash 41 lbs
Red Pepper 6 oz
Cantaloupe 27 lbs
Honeydew Melon 29 lbs
Boysenberries/Logan Berries 10 lbs 4 oz
Produce production: 843 lbs.
Although we bought seeds for a winter garden, we never put one in. It is on the “honey do” list for this year though.
I also didn’t keep track of all the fruit (apples, pears, plums) Michael would give crates of fruit away before I got a chance to weigh it. Mostly though, I just didn’t have the time or motivation to weigh the fruit.
In all due disclosure, those weights are not exactly PERFECT. There were many times when I forgot to weigh stuff before I used it. For example, I never logged the weight of those Sweet Meat squash in the first picture. Somehow it just didn’t happen.
I can tell you we gave away A LOT of food. It was actually a great thing. I wanted to be able to help others who didn’t have as much and we were able to do that. The big things that were shared were the cucumbers. As you know, Joshua has a penchant for cucumbers so he planted a lot. He didn’t pick very many so I gave a lot away.
Even though we gave away what we could, some still went to waste. I was really unhappy with the type of pole beans we bought so what didn’t go to the goats and chickens rotted on the vine. I was also disappointed in the type of corn we grew. Really large kernels.
We planted as many tomato plants as we usually do and they just didn’t produce this year. Still not sure why. Figuring out how to fix that is the main objective this spring. Thankfully, my friend Bryn shared her abundance of tomatoes with us so we were still able to can tomato based stuff.
Our animals got in on the production scene. The goats gave us delicious milk and those chickens gave us gorgeous eggs.
Milk lbs. Brown Sugar 241 lbs 28 gallons
Milk lbs. Halle Berry 397 lbs 46 gallons
Egg Count 968 eggs
I’m in the mood to start planning the 2016 garden, but I know better than to bring it up just yet.
Here is wishing each of you a fruitful 2016.
Karen
My tomatoes didn’t produce, either. Normally, I get around 80 lbs of tomatoes but had to go to a farm to buy tomatoes. I am hoping for a better garden year this year!
You and me both. Tomatoes are the thing I can the most and use throughout the year.
Very frustrating.
Here’s hoping to a better tomato year.
Karen
Wow! Impressive numbers… and wonderful, REAL food!!!
XO,B
Yes, real food. I miss it.
Praying for an abundant tomato season.
Hoping to find peaches to can as well.
Actually, I’m hoping to can a bunch of stuff.
xoxo,
Karen
Love seeing your records. Of course you out produced us. HA
We really, really appreciated everything you shared with us too. Love your farm.
We enjoy giving you guys stuff. You put it to such good use.
Let’s plan a play date.
Hugs,
Karen