From the beginning of the growing season in April through August, this 20′ x 20′ plot (plus a much smaller one in the back yard) has yielded (list below photo):
5.4 kilos of Chocolate Cherry Tomatoes
4.2 kilos of Piennolo del Vesuvio tomatoes
0.6 kilos of Purple Heart tomatoes
0.1 kilo of Beefsteak tomatoes
3.9 kilos of cucumbers
5.2 kilos of green zucchini
2.3 kilos of Cocozelle zukes
2.8 kilos of Kusa zukes
0.5 kilos of tomatillos
0.3 kilos of jalapeno peppers
0.4 kilos of Sugar Rush Peach peppers
0.4 kilos of Cayenne peppers
0.3 kilos of Scarlet Runner Bean pods (after a short harvest time we’re letting the beans go to
4.7 kilos of asparagus
2.2 kilos of haskap berries
48 bulbs of garlic (huge aromatic cloves, enough for replanting and for cooking well into winter)
An unrecorded amount of rhubarb
Lots of lettuce
More tomatoes, tomatillos, peppers, and *maybe* some figs are on the way.
And from elsewhere in the yard:
1.5 kilos of blackcurrants
An unrecorded amount of redcurrants
More rhubarb
Some pole beans
Some chives and green onions
We’re very unlikely to have bought this volume of most if not all of this produce. The green zukes alone would have cost around $40 at the grocery store. We will never be self-sufficient yet we know our produce is pesticide- and herbicide-free.
A much more productive, healthy, green, critter-friendly, use of 400 square feet than growing, and mowing, turfgrass.
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