Monday, September 28, 2009
crop report
• Here's a report of how well our garden did this season - rating 1-5, 1 being lowest (poor) to 5, highest (best)
• lettuces - 5: still growing strong
• 2.Swiss chard - 5: very vigorous, robust plants
• 3.tomatoes - 5: all 4 plants prolific
• 4.endives - 5: will keep growing till frost
• 5.basil - 3: very slow, but picked up last week of August
• 6.zucchini - 5: of course!
• 7.cucumbers - 4: grew well until mold got to the leaves
• 8.eggplants - 2: disappointing this year, too small
• 9.bell peppers - 5: red ones were awesome
• 10. Thai peppers - 4: hoping they get a chance to ripen
• 11.raspberries - 5: a bumper crop this year
• 12.carrots - 4: had to resow, but they caught up
• 13. scarlet runner beans - 5: grew like Jack and the beanstalk
• 14.mesclun - 4: bolted too soon
• 15.broccoli 5: good yield, but a lot all at once
• 16.beets -5: these always do well in our soil
• 17.spinach - 5: first sowing did better than current sowing - which is bolting
• 18.snow peas - 5: very abundant and easy to grow
• 19.kohlrabi - 5: excellent
• 20.arugula - 5: good, but best while small plants
• 21. amaranth - 2: produced nice flower stalks, but no grain - and were covered in black aphids~!
• 22.radishes - 5: must plant more next year
all in all, a great growing year. I am going to try quinoa and chick peas next year, and a friend has given my Red Orach seeds, which look interesting.
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Wow, lots of 4's & 5's ! I'd call that a great season. Well done.
ReplyDeleteHello, I came across your blog at Blotanical. It's nice to meet another Canadian blogger.
ReplyDeleteJust to let you know I enjoy your blog. I don't post a comment very often but wanted to let you know. I made your pesto recipe and it was fantastic. I realize now, that I should have planted more Basil.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day!
Darlene