Planting/Production-
Worked well:
Potatoes did really well. Need more
Onions were awesome, easy to care for. More, I say!
Lettuce was delicious, although slower than I expected, since I am impatient
Carrots are easy to fit along borders, smaller spaces. Yes!
Tomatoes... mmm! Canned over 18 quarts of tomato sauce. More next year!
Basil was great- need to utilize more
Jalepenos were just hot enough, great in chili and other dishes
Not so well:
Strawberries did not produce like I wanted, didn't have enough. No strawberries next year
Raspberry plant grw like crazy, produced 5 berries. Is young plant, however
Blueberry bushes similar- 5 berries. Oh well!
Celery was kind of a cool novelty, but took up vital space for other stuff
Glacier tomatoes kind of tasted gross. I'll just wait for the real thing
Seed starting-
Worked well:
Lettuce indoors was awesome
Basil was brought in at beginning of Oct and is doing well
Not so well:
Need to start things on time :)
Preserving-
Worked well:
Peaches were delicious
Apples were easier to do with apple core and peeler machine
Not so well:
Tomatoes went quickly- need more for sauce next year
Pickles- more next year
Storing-
Worked well:
Onions are storing well so far- will run out quickly since we use a lot
Potatoes- same story!
Carrots- could store next year as well
Not so well:
More!
Purchasing-
Worked well:
Getting into pattern of going to Co-op for most things, Kroger for snacks and processed only
Getting local meat, eggs, milk, butter and bread delivered to our door! :) :) :) :)
Not so well:
Went to farmer's market a lot towards end of summer- need to work on it!
Living-
Worked well:
Getting pretty good at buying recycled paper products consistently
Moon cup
Most cleaning products are eco-friendly
Can now recycle 1s-5s! :)
Goals for 2011-2012
Plant-
20 potato plants
75 onions
50 heads of lettuce
20 tomato plants
4 basil plants
200 carrots
4 jalepeno plants
10 bulbs of garlic
2 watermelons
2 bell pepper plants
4 pumpkin plants
4 zucchini plants
dill
rosemary
*Expand into "raspberry bed"
**Make potato bed deeper
Seed Starting-
Start everything possible indoors
*Have saved many seeds already!
Preserving-
Canned:
6 pints Pickles
20 quarts Tomato Sauce
20 pints Peaches
10 pints Pears
3 pints Cranberry Sauce
5 pints, 30 4 oz Applesauce
12 pints Baked Apple preserves
5 pints Blueberry jam
Frozen:
12 half-pints Corn
4 quarts Beef Chili
16 frozen Raspberry Muffins
Dehydrate:
4 bags apples rings
6 bags banana chips
fruit leathers?
2 bags dried cranberries
Storing-
200 potatoes
50 onions
Purchasing- TBD
Living- TBD
Don't most berries take a couple years to really produce? I know my strawberries did really well the second year.
ReplyDeleteVery true :) yes I am just impatient and I think for me, rather than having a little small patch of strawberries, I will just go to a local farm and pick them and use that space for something else!
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty impatient for a gardener sometimes :)