Harvest 2012

Nothing new here, just a copy for my records before I wipe out the little side bar and start over.

 Harvest 2012

• Cond.- Catsup- quarts- 10
• Cond.- Relish- Cucumber- pints- 9
• Cond.- Relish- Dill Pickle- pints- 6
• Cond.- Relish- sweet- pints- 4.5
• Cond.- Salsa- pints- 30
• Dessert- blueberries- pints- 1
• Dessert- Crabapple Sauce- pints- 5.5
• Dessert- Lemon Curd- pints- 4
• Dessert- raspberries- pints- 1
• Dessert- Rhubarb- bunches- 6
• Doggy Stew- beef bones & trim- 41
• Doggy Stew- Dandelions- 45
• Doggy Stew- Lettuce-8
• Eggs- (approximate) 660
• Fat- Beef Tallow- quarts- 5
• Firewood (chords) 7
• Jam- banana- 1/2 pints- 4
• Jam- Crabapple Jelly- pints- 15
• Jam- mixed fruit- 1/2 pints- 10
• Jam- rhubarb-raspberry- pints- 2
• Jam- strawberry- pints- 7
• Juice- Crabapple- pints- 14.5
• Juice- grape- quarts- 12
• Juice- lemon-lime concentrate- half pints- 18
• Juice- Lemonade Concentrate- pints- 12
• Meat- Beef- ground- 36 (meals)
• Meat- Beef- roasts-49
• Meat- Beef- Steaks- 11 (meals)
• Meat- Beef- stew- 12 (meals)
• Meat- Beef- tenderloin- 2lbs
• Meat- Chickens- 4
• Meat- partridge- 14
• Meat- Turkeys- 7 (140 lbs)
• Mushrooms- puffballs (meals)- 2
• Pectin- Crabapple- 1/2 pints- 9
• Pickles- Beets- quarts- 46.5
• Pickles- dill- quarts- 53
• Pickles- Dilly Beans- quarts- 1
• Soup- Cream of Celery- pints- 10.5
• Soup- Cream of Mushroom- pints- 9
• Soup- Ham & Potato- pints- 7
• Spice- chives- dried- 1/2 pint
• Spice- Parsley- dried- 1/2 pint
• Syrop- Crabapple- pints- 4
• Syrop- Rosehip- pints- 4.25
• Veg- Asparagus- bunches- 4
• Veg- Beet tops- meals- 6
• Veg- Broccoli- 1
• Veg- cabbage- 5
• Veg- Cabbage- quarts- 9
• Veg- Carrots- gallons- 10
• Veg- corn- cobs- 13
• Veg- cucumbers- fresh- 40
• Veg- Dandelion Buds- (meals) - 6
• Veg- green beans- fresh (meals)- 11
• Veg- green beans- frozen (meals)- 30
• Veg- lettuce- heads- 2
• Veg- lettuce- leaf - 25
• Veg- lettuce- romaine - 2
• Veg- Peppers- 44
• Veg- Potatoes- (2011 crop)- 15
• Veg- Potatoes- 2012 crop- meals- 12
• Veg- Potatoes- volunteers- meals- 12
• Veg- Pumpkins- 1
• Veg- squash- 5
• Veg- tomato sauce- quarts- 3.5
• Veg- Tomatoes- gallons- 23
• Veg- yellow beans- fresh (meals)- 6
• Veg- yellow beans- frozen (meals)- 25
• Veg- yellow beans- pints- 15

 Most improvements over the 2011 harvest, with the following exceptions:

• Broccoli (half side dish) 16 frozen + 3 fresh
• Brussel Sprouts (stew servings) 5
• Cauliflower 5 heads
• Dandelion Greens (meals) 60
• Eggs (approximate) 2490
• Fish (meals) 5
• Partridge 28
• Swiss Chard (meals) 10
• Turnip 2 gallons

I think it may have gotten too hot too soon for the broccoli this year.  The brussel sprouts were just coming along when I let the turkeys loose in the garden.  I didn't plant cauliflower (and we didn't have the issues with the green worms either!), foxes ate the chickens, which wiped out the eggs, and I just didn't put as much effort into hunting, fishing, and foraging dandelions this year.  The turnips are the only thing I really can't explain.  They just didn't get very big this year.

I am overall very happy with the way production turned out this year, and don't have too many plans to change things for next year, except that I'd like to put another fence across the garden to keep the turkeys out of the brussel sprouts, broccoli, and 2013 seed crops longer.