The 2015 harvest numbers
A picture to remind everyone of summer
I finally worked up the energy to tally the harvest from 2015, I grew 196 kg of food! My harvest works out to enough to feed a person requiring 2000 calories per day for 62 days - not too shabby. Out of curiosity I went back an calculated calories on my 2014 harvest and was able to feed my hypothetical person for 38 days, so I’m improving. Hopefully, the 2016 harvest will produce even more calories (that’s this year’s goal). As for what my harvest was worth, a rough calculation resulted in $1150 worth of produce, $50 more than the 2014 harvest (I may have calculated my 2014 harvest based on organic produce which I didn’t do this year).
So for those who like the numbers here they are:
Eggs - 489 (over 40 dozen). Also added two new hens to my flock (Licorice and Stout), so I’m expecting an eggy spring.
Roots - 13.54 kg. I didn’t plant as many different type of roots last year, just carrots, beets, and radishes. I also planted celeriac for the first time and haven’t harvested them yet.
Greens - 10.49 kg. I’ve lumped all my green leafy things into one category here. I grew kale, collards, lettuce, chard and an assortment of Asian greens.
Oniony things - 3.75 kg. Mostly garlic and leeks, might try actual onions again this year.
Sprouts - 0.99 kg. This I do in the house and is usually pea shoots, chive sprouts (from my own seeds) and fenugreek sprouts. I’ve experimented with other sprouts and these three are my favourite.
Broccoli - 0.5 kg. This is all purple sprouting broccoli I harvest in the spring. I didn’t get a lot, but the taste was awesome so I'll aim for more this year plus my husband has convinced me to grow Brussels sprouts.
Peas/beans - 2.59 kg. There were fresh peas and green beans, I’m thinking of adding snow peas to the mix since they’ll be ready sooner in the spring when not much else is available.
Herbs - 1.02 kg. I grow parsley, chives, basil and rosemary. Will expand herb production this year.
Fruit - 16.58 kg. This was the first year I got ripe melons and they were awesome, but I didn’t get any apples. I’ve also included all the berries that made it into the house (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and tayberries).
Mushrooms - 0.48 kg. From a kit I got at last year’s seedy Saturday.
Tomatoes - 34.11 kg. More than last year! I experimented with some new types but for my garden and taste buds black prince and old German varieties work best.
Peppers - 4.76 kg. I grew both hot and sweet peppers outside and got a huge harvest.
Cucumber - 0.3 kg. All I can say is cucumbers just didn’t work for me last year.
Oca - 1.23 kg. I wrote about these here.
Dried beans - 5.75 kg. I wrote about these here. I’ve since eaten several of my varieties and am enjoying how different they are, so far the snowcap beans are my favourite.
Potatoes - 33 kg and Squash - 67 kg. I wrote about these here. We ate the last of these last weekend, since I love potatoes its going to be a long wait until this year’s crop.
I also harvested a bunch of oddball things I’ll cover in another post. Plus, I’ve saved all sorts of seeds to use this year. Finally, last year I planted a bunch of fruit and nut trees, more berries (including a grape vine) and my perennial plants are getting established - once all these are producing I expect my urban harvest will increase massively.