How Much Is My Harvest Worth?
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Date: 2023-01-13
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Kelly
My first Broccoli hit the harvest stage yesterday (flower head just started to break apart) and so we had that with our dinner salad (along with some fresh radishes, lettuce and spinach leaves. So yummy and the kids get a kick out of watching these scrawny little seedlings turn into what they see on the grocery shelf. I've got more broccoli about ready but next year I'm going to triple the amount I grow so we can freeze some for later.
But most important. my kids know how to stick a seed in dirt and get food out of it a few weeks later.
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My first Broccoli hit the harvest stage yesterday (flower head just started to break apart) and so we had that with our dinner salad (along with some fresh radishes, lettuce and spinach leaves. So yummy and the kids get a kick out of watching these scrawny little seedlings turn into what they see on the grocery shelf. I've got more broccoli about ready but next year I'm going to triple the amount I grow so we can freeze some for later.
But most important. my kids know how to stick a seed in dirt and get food out of it a few weeks later.
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Matthew
Our fruit trees we planted at the start of lockdowns are now bearing fruit (pardon the pun lol) and there just isn't anything close to them at any shop, and that includes farmers markets. We pick them right at the peak of ripeness and its amazing. Add to that our brambles, strawberries, blueberries etc, and the kids and us are in heaven.
Veggies are cool too, our corn is just starting to pollinate. Kids know what that means, watermelons are going great, carrots, tomatoes.
Couldn't ask for anything better.
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Our fruit trees we planted at the start of lockdowns are now bearing fruit (pardon the pun lol) and there just isn't anything close to them at any shop, and that includes farmers markets. We pick them right at the peak of ripeness and its amazing. Add to that our brambles, strawberries, blueberries etc, and the kids and us are in heaven.
Veggies are cool too, our corn is just starting to pollinate. Kids know what that means, watermelons are going great, carrots, tomatoes.
Couldn't ask for anything better.
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Real
I live in Kurdistan, we have a little garden on the roof of our house, it's made from used kids swimming pool layered with tarpaulin(waterproof plastic sheets, we have all kinds of herbs all year around depending on the season from cilantro(parsley), Dill, basil, Spinach, onion, swiss chard, sweet pepper, hot pepper and once a while we add a vegetable like eggplant or yellow melon. The taste, the smell, everything is just different in the best possible way.
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I live in Kurdistan, we have a little garden on the roof of our house, it's made from used kids swimming pool layered with tarpaulin(waterproof plastic sheets, we have all kinds of herbs all year around depending on the season from cilantro(parsley), Dill, basil, Spinach, onion, swiss chard, sweet pepper, hot pepper and once a while we add a vegetable like eggplant or yellow melon. The taste, the smell, everything is just different in the best possible way.
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Island
Food prices here in Jamaica have been so crazy that I m trying my best to grow tomatoes (it s not too cold here so they re doing well but we ve been getting some afternoon showers so I m now struggling with PM on my leaves recently) because with the outrageous prices at the superset for even one tomato, it s going to be impossible to afford them if the costs get any worse
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Food prices here in Jamaica have been so crazy that I m trying my best to grow tomatoes (it s not too cold here so they re doing well but we ve been getting some afternoon showers so I m now struggling with PM on my leaves recently) because with the outrageous prices at the superset for even one tomato, it s going to be impossible to afford them if the costs get any worse
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Ludick
I love green beans. And although my space last year was not set up for a garden. I started growing green beans for the very reason that they are super expensive in store. I had a very large harvest last year. This year I set up a veg garden and the beatles and slugs completely destroyed 30 green bean plants. I have 8 left now, so hopefully will still get a decent harvest.
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I love green beans. And although my space last year was not set up for a garden. I started growing green beans for the very reason that they are super expensive in store. I had a very large harvest last year. This year I set up a veg garden and the beatles and slugs completely destroyed 30 green bean plants. I have 8 left now, so hopefully will still get a decent harvest.
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Human
Not only offshoots for the broccoli/cauliflower. I harvested mine last year and left the plants, one I cut down to ground level. They were extra plants I threw in random places, so didn t grow anything else there in the subsequent months. After the rains I went outside to check my plants and I ve got two huge heads of Violet cauliflower from last years plants.
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Not only offshoots for the broccoli/cauliflower. I harvested mine last year and left the plants, one I cut down to ground level. They were extra plants I threw in random places, so didn t grow anything else there in the subsequent months. After the rains I went outside to check my plants and I ve got two huge heads of Violet cauliflower from last years plants.
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aslandus
Not to mention that garden vegetables are also more valuable than grocery vegetables in the same way that a bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush. You can't buy cauliflower or cabbage if the store doesn't have them, but supply chain disruptions can't stop you from collecting vegetables that are growing in your own backyard.
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Not to mention that garden vegetables are also more valuable than grocery vegetables in the same way that a bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush. You can't buy cauliflower or cabbage if the store doesn't have them, but supply chain disruptions can't stop you from collecting vegetables that are growing in your own backyard.
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Ulla
I kept a spreadsheet to approximate the volume and value of the produce I harvested in 2022. I mostly wanted to try to keep my seed purchases over this winter in line with production. We had a hard time keeping up with eating cucumber and zucchini, but compared to grocery store prices, they turned out to save us the most!
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I kept a spreadsheet to approximate the volume and value of the produce I harvested in 2022. I mostly wanted to try to keep my seed purchases over this winter in line with production. We had a hard time keeping up with eating cucumber and zucchini, but compared to grocery store prices, they turned out to save us the most!
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HeadCannon
Guy comes out of a shed with at least a thousand dollars worth of tools fertilizer and storage I saved 50! LOL
Every gardener knows that we don't garden to save money. We do it because we enjoy it and for the satisfaction eating something we grew from nothing (except all the work, expense and time we put into it.
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Guy comes out of a shed with at least a thousand dollars worth of tools fertilizer and storage I saved 50! LOL
Every gardener knows that we don't garden to save money. We do it because we enjoy it and for the satisfaction eating something we grew from nothing (except all the work, expense and time we put into it.
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What s
That adds up quickly! I also think it s ridiculous that produce is so much.
I ve been planning on growing some of our more expensive produce items this summer. When we re shopping my 3yo always wants watermelon but they re 9 each here so we ll be giving that a go this summer!
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That adds up quickly! I also think it s ridiculous that produce is so much.
I ve been planning on growing some of our more expensive produce items this summer. When we re shopping my 3yo always wants watermelon but they re 9 each here so we ll be giving that a go this summer!
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mildy
Love this video. I just harvest some broccoli, sugar snap peas, arugula, lettuce, red dragon cabbage leaves, Meyer lemons and bearers limes! Also many herbs for added flavor, Love being able to just go into the garden and pick fresh things all year round here in zone 9b.
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Love this video. I just harvest some broccoli, sugar snap peas, arugula, lettuce, red dragon cabbage leaves, Meyer lemons and bearers limes! Also many herbs for added flavor, Love being able to just go into the garden and pick fresh things all year round here in zone 9b.
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Kevin
This has been a great winter garden in Socal. I have not seen any grey aphids on my broccoli, cauliflower or cabbage. Lettuce is also doing great. Nothing is bolting, such as in previous January's. Also getting tons of peas. I will be doing a video for this month soon.
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This has been a great winter garden in Socal. I have not seen any grey aphids on my broccoli, cauliflower or cabbage. Lettuce is also doing great. Nothing is bolting, such as in previous January's. Also getting tons of peas. I will be doing a video for this month soon.
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Nick
This might be one of my favorite videos you've done. I love seeing stuff like this. I'm on my 4th year of gardening and finally have a size where I might be able to grow a majority of my produce for me and my husband. This motivates me more to get a garden like yours!
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This might be one of my favorite videos you've done. I love seeing stuff like this. I'm on my 4th year of gardening and finally have a size where I might be able to grow a majority of my produce for me and my husband. This motivates me more to get a garden like yours!
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Karl
I've tried two years in a row to grow brassicas, with zero success. I love broccoli and cauliflower, so what am I doing wrong?
I'm growing (trying) in a VegePod raised bed system. Carrots, parsnips, and kale seem to do just fine! SMH. Love your videos!
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I've tried two years in a row to grow brassicas, with zero success. I love broccoli and cauliflower, so what am I doing wrong?
I'm growing (trying) in a VegePod raised bed system. Carrots, parsnips, and kale seem to do just fine! SMH. Love your videos!
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