One Hundred Dollars a Month

This year my goal is to grow 2,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables. I think I can do it. With 16 raised garden beds, a greenhouse, a raspberry patch and a few more planting beds sprinkled throughout our property, I believe growing 2,000 pounds of food is an attainable goal. Even if I do live right in the middle of high maintenance suburbia, and my neighbors think I’m nuts. ~Mavis

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Yesterday I got a call from my neighbor Girly Girl.  She needed a red onion for some sort of dinner salad she was making and wanted to  know if I had any.  I said “Sure, they’re kind of small right now, but if you want you can come on over and harvest whatever you need.  Just make sure you close the gate behind you when you leave.”

“Wait, you’re not home?  Are your vegetables labeled so I’ll know what to look for?”

“What?  You mean to tell me you don’t know what an onion looks like?”

I sat there in utter silence waiting for her response.

“Oh I’ll guess I can just try and figure it out.  I’ll Google it real quick and see what a wild onion looks like.”

“Are you on crack?  It’s not a wild onion… It’s an onion. Like the ones you BUY IN THE STORE.”

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This past week we were able to harvest 15 lbs 10 oz of fruits and veggies from the garden.  Peas, strawberries, broccoli, beets, onions, herbs, lettuce and a little more chard was plucked from the garden boxes {and gutters}.  Right now I’m at about the 4% mark in my efforts to try and grow 2,000 pounds of vegetables.

I wonder where I’ll be at by this time next month.

Here is what I have harvested so far:

Basil 1 lb 6 oz

Beets 1lb 40z

Broccoli 2lb 12 oz

Broccoli Rabb 1lb 6 oz

Cabbage 3lb 2 oz

Chives 13 oz

Kale 1 lb 4 oz

Lettuce 14 lb 0 oz

Butter Crunch 12 oz
Mixed Greens 4 lb 2 oz
Romaine 10 lb 11 oz

Mint 2 oz

Onions 1 lb 15 oz

Green Onions 13 oz
Scallions 6 oz

Oregano 3 oz

Mushrooms 9.25 oz

Shiitake 9.25 oz

Go HERE to read more about how I grew mushrooms.

Peas 5lb 7 oz

Sugar Snap Peas 5lb 7 oz

Radish 11 lbs

Easter Egg Radish 2 lb 3 oz
Crimson Radish 1 lb 5 oz
French Breakfast 7 lb 8 oz

Spinach 2lb 5 oz

Sprouts 10 oz

Strawberries 4lb 9 oz

Sprouts 10 oz

Mung Bean Sprouts 7 oz
Sandwich Sprouts 3 oz

Swiss Chard 24 lb 11 oz

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So that’s what I’ve grown so far this year… How about YOU?

What’s going on at your place?  Do YOUR neighbors know what a growing onion looks like?

Total Food Harvested in 2012: 82 lbs 13.25 oz

I have spent a total of $$473.47 on seeds, soil, plants and supplies for this year.

 

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