We're at 646.1 Pounds!
Despite being gone for much of the week we had another seven days of huge harvests. In total we produced 75.8 lbs of food from our urban lot! Of the total, 5.0 lbs were from the 40 eggs our chickens laid. They've really been picking up the pace lately.
The other 70.8 lbs was produce. Here is a list of the top five items this week:
39.3 lbs of tomatoes
11.5 lbs of cucumbers
6.4 lbs of watermelon
5.4 lbs of green beans
2.0 lbs of chard
We used about 25 lbs of tomatoes to make sauce that we canned for the winter. Otherwise we ate most everything fresh.
Only 1353.9 Pounds To Go
2 comments:
Wow! Just stumbled over your site and I am impressed! Very inspiring!
How many square feet do you guys have in food production?
I am a beekeeper in Vancouver Canada and so I can't help myself in mentioning that adding a hive to your backyard would not only add 50-100 lbs of honey to your total per year but also help with your pollination and subsequent yield of fruits and vegetables. Plus they are fun to keep!
Anyways looking forward to following your blog
Very cool indeed!
Chris
Chris,
Glad you found us! I had a good calculation of the square footage earlier in the season but we've expanded and changed some things. For annual veggies we are under 750sf but I need to do a more exact calculation. Your comment will spur on a calculation and a post about it next week.
Yes, bees are a great idea! We've thought about it a couple times but do not have them (currently) for two reasons:
1. We only consume a couple lbs of honey a year (although being able to give some to friends and family is appealing).
2. Our neighbor three doors down has three hives!
The biggest reason is #2. His bees keep everything well pollinated for us (and we are very thankful for that). If he did not have bees we would probably take the plunge for pollination purposes but as long as he keeps them we're happy (and he shares some of his honey too).
We have really enjoyed helping out with the neighbors bees during fall honey harvests, and building emergency boxes during swarms.
What kind of bees do you keep btw?
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