september garden ~ 2021.

butternut squash 

black-eyed susan vine

eggplant

cypress vine {seeds from jesse's grandma jane}

sunrise serenade morning glory

butternut squash

blackeyed susan vine

morning glory + cypress vine

green zinnia

white gaura

althea/rose of sharon

zucchino rampicante

althea/rose of sharon

We are nearing the end of harvesting from the garden for the year. Forty-six pounds of vegetables were added to our totals, and we are continuing to enjoy fresh eating - green beans, tomatoes, greens, squash, eggplant, garlic, potatoes, onions and herbs. I'm letting the tomato and squash plants continue even though their ripening is almost to a standstill. Flowers are still blooming, so it's a treat to continue to have fresh flowers indoors.

In 2016 we began tracking how many pounds of produce we grew and the greatest amount was grown in 2017 with 563. We are currently well under that number by about 100 pounds. I do like having the high numbers, and enjoy that this year we've grown record numbers of certain vegetables. However, I've realized what I most like is the variety of what we grow and having large numbers of staple vegetables. One year we grew over 300 (!) pounds of tomatoes, which is unnecessary. My favorite items to have large quantities of are potatoes and onions of which we grew record numbers of this year. I'm assuming the onions will last through next harvest and the potatoes through the end of this year. 

Each year of gardening is different. This was a sweet one and seemed manageable, even with a busy summer schedule raising (and feeding) teenagers.

2021 Garden ~ 462 lbs. 

Beets - 7 lbs. (record #)     

Blackberries - 12 lbs.      

Carrots - 12 lbs.            

Cucumbers - 2 lbs.

Eggplant - 3 lbs.           

Garlic - 4 lbs.                    

Green Beans - 25 lbs.

Greens - 23 lbs. (Red Russian Kale, Spinach, Endive, Cabbage)

Potatoes - 121 lbs. (Rose Gold: 14, Fingerling: 9, Canela Russet: 31, Purple Viking: 67) (record #)

Snow Peas - 15 lbs. (record #) 

Squash -  40 lbs. (record #)              

Strawberries - 10 lbs.    

Stuttgarter Onions - 29 lbs. (record #)

Tomatoes -  159 lbs. (Cherry: 19, Roma: 105, Sandwich: 35)

Dehydrated - Sage, Thyme, Mint, Oregano, Parsley, Basil, Chamomile, Rosemary, Marjoram

Preserved - Herb Butter, Blackberry Jelly, Basil Pesto, Roasted Tomato Salsa