As expected, September was a much slower garden month than was August. With only $65 worth of produce harvested, it is starting to look like this year's garden will be of a smaller monetary value than last year.
However, I'm not disappointed, because the variety of produce has been much better. As I've mentioned, last year's garden pretty much lived on the production of cucumbers and zucchini. That was very helpful, but it didn't give quite the variety we might have wanted. This year was much better.
This year, we had much more in the way of tomatoes. I plan an entire post about the tomatoes once they finish up, but as of now, these are the varieties that gave me 10 pounds (160 ounces) or more:
- Cuor di Bue: 187 ounces from one plant
- San Marzano: 191 ounces from one plant
- Steakhouse: 158 ounces from three plants (very close!)
Also notable on the tomato front was the production from volunteer tomatoes. Granted, I did have nearly a dozen volunteers in containers and in what I called "volunteer row," a semi-shaded garden row that I didn't have anything else planned for. Nonetheless, I got 117 ounces of volunteer tomatoes to date, and they are still growing both outside and in containers in the sunroom.
Other important crops this month were peppers, carrots, and potatoes. Carrots and potatoes add very little value to our overall savings tally, but they are very important to us as far as nutrition.
Cumulative
Totals
Total Ounces
Harvest: 2,408.5
Pounds: 150.53125
Total Value
of Harvest: $574.47
Expenditures:
-286.13
Total: $288.34
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