July Harvest Totals
Asterisk denotes foraged items.
- Beets (mixed): 970g
- Calendula: 7g
- Carrots (rainbow): 339g
- Chamomile: 28g
- Garlic Scapes: 12g
- Hyssop: 39g
- Kale (Red Russian): 54g
- Pansies: 10g
- Peas (Amish Snap): 131g
- Peas (Green Arrow): 118g
- Raspberries: 587g
- Rhubarb: 128g
- Strawberries: 19g
- Tomato (Italian Golden Love Apple): 11g
- Tomato (Uptown Funk): 57g
- Zucchini: 84g
Total: 2.6kg
At first I was disappointed to see my harvest totals were so low for this month, but then when I looked back I found I actually did about the same - if not slightly better - than this month last year. We tend to do a lot of travelling in July, so there isn't a lot of time around the house to garden or forage. It's also been rather smoky out with the wildfire conditions, so we haven't been making a whole lot of trips out to gather anything wild.
Normally my peas do better than this, but I messed up on trellising the Green Arrow ones that normally do quite well for me, and the Amish Snap I was growing out mainly to replenish my seed for upcoming seasons, so I was leaving the best looking pods on the vines to fully mature. It was a good year for berries (although Little Forager gets to the few strawberry plants I have before I can get most of them to the scale) and I am sure this was the most raspberries I've ever picked. We even missed out on the last few due to the timing of our vacations. It was also a sad year for the rhubarb. I'm not sure why but if it does this poorly next year I'm going to try it in a new location and see what happens.