2009 Harvest

It's a gloomy, rainy day here in New Mills, so I thought I'd total up our year's harvest (including a few items collected elsewhere). Not bad, really.

Sorry the spreadsheet screenprint below is a bit blurry. All quantities are in grams. There are 1000 grams to the kilo (2.2 pounds, for the metrically challenged). I didn't keep track of everything, but most things are included.

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In summary,

• 14.2 kilos of potatoes (about 31 pounds)
• 4.4 kilos of various types of greens (about 9.7 pounds)
• 7.3 kilos of cucurbits -- mostly courgettes (about 14.6 pounds)
• 4.1 kilos of beans (about 9 pounds)
• 3 kilos of other stuff, including 1.65 kilos of strawberries (which didn't do very well) (about 6.6 pounds)
• Grand total from our garden - 33.2 kilos or 73 pounds of food.

Considering the haphazard way I did things this year, and the fact that almost everything was grown in containers, I'm pretty happy with the outcome.

We are still eating the stored potatoes and fresh greens growing under a polytunnel out back.

My goal for next year is to double production (66 kilos, or 145 pounds of food.) I won't cheat and do it by doubling the potatoes. In fact, I intend to grow about the same quantity of potatoes next year as I did this year.

More good news -- it looks like we may have an allotment next year, with the co-operation of the local council, our local allotment society plans to start a second site. We can grow more potatoes out there. :-)