Empty Garden

Fall is here, and winter is knocking on the door.  Yesterday we finished cleaning out the garden.

The growing season started late, and was pushed out even more by a late frost that killed most of what we had planted at that point, but in the end things worked out pretty well.

At the beginning of the season Daniel was wondering how much we grew in the garden, so this year we tried to keep track.  The following stats are very approximate, and in most cases probably somewhat low, because we didn't always remember to write things down when we harvested.

So, here is a look back at this year's garden in numbers and photos.

Raspberries - 60 lb

Strawberries - 30 lb?

Blackberries - 20 lb?

Corn - 83 ears

Cucumbers - 130

Delaware grapes - about 5 lb

Concorde grapes - about 11 lb

(not a great year for grapes -- we had more last year)

Green peppers - about 40

Green beans - 30 lb?  We didn't measure these, but we picked probably 10-15 large bowls.

Carrots - 20-30 lb? (we didn't measure these at all)

Onions - about 40

Green onions - 100-150

Eggplant - about 10

Tomatoes - about 600?

The tomatoes made 30-35 pints of salsa, 3 quarts of whole tomatoes, 11 pints of pizza sauce, and 7 pints of tomato sauce.  Plus enough for eating, and lots of tomato basil bruschetta for Rachel's reception and other events.

Potatoes - 210 lb

Cantaloupe - 34

Watermelon - 15

Apples - 30-35

It was a good year.