This year my goal is to grow 2,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables. I think I can do it. With 16 raised garden beds, a greenhouse, a raspberry patch and a few more planting beds sprinkled throughout our property, I believe growing 2,000 pounds of food is an attainable goal. Even if I do live right in the middle of high maintenance suburbia, and my neighbors think I’m nuts. ~Mavis

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This morning I sent The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird out to pick a few vegetables.  Her first load was a little over 32 pounds.  She still has more beans and carrots to harvest, but this is what a typical haul is looking like these days.

The tomatoes are growing like mad, and with the impending heat wave {upper 90′s in the forecast} I’m hoping my counters will be so full of tomatoes by the end of August, that I won’t have room for anything else.  Because if there is one thing I’ve been looking forward to this year… it’s tomatoes.  Lot’s and lot’s of tomatoes.

I must admit, I’m pretty excited with the latest tally.  I just hit the 25% mark, and we still haven’t gotten into tomato, potato, or pumpkin season yet.  Wahooo!  I think I can do this!

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Here is what I have harvested so far this year:

Basil 1 lb 7 oz {how to make pesto}

Beans 12 lbs 4 {green bean salad, how to can green beans, dilly beans}

Beets 48 lb 140z {how to can beets}

Blueberries 1 lb 14 oz {mixed berry pie recipe}

Broccoli 4lb 14 oz {pasta salad with broccoli, carrots, and sun dried tomatoes}

Broccoli Rabb 1lb 6 oz {chickpeas with broccoli raab and bacon}

Cabbage 44lb 13 oz {how to make sauerkraut}

Carrots 101 lbs 1 oz {carrot cake recipe}

Cauliflower 4lbs 11 oz {cauliflower hummus rocks!}

Chives 1lb  1 oz {chalkboard painted herb pots}

Cucumbers 4 lbs 2 oz

Kale 1 lb 4 oz {how to make kale chips}

Lettuce 14 lb 6 oz {bbq chicken salad}

Mint 4 lbs 12 oz {Fresh Pea Salad with Spinach, Feta and Mint}

Onions 9 lbs 15 oz {Kentucky Fried Chicken Cole Slaw}

Oregano 4 lbs 15 oz

Mushrooms 9.25 oz {read more about how I grew mushrooms}

Peas 38 lb13 oz {fresh peas and bacon recipe}

Peppers 1 lb 1 oz

Potatoes 37lb 0 oz {potato soup recipe}

Radish 15lb  12 oz {how I bartered radishes for avocados}

Raspberries  2 lb 5 oz {how to make a raspberry buckle}

Spinach 2lb 5 oz {garlic spinach dip recipe}

Sprouts 10 oz {how to grow sprouts}

Strawberries 7lb 5 oz {dehydrated strawberries are awesome}

Swiss Chard 24 lb 5 oz {rainbow Swiss chard recipe}

Tomatoes 1 lb 12 oz {roasted corn salad with tomatoes and feta}

Zucchini 106 lb 6 oz {how to make zucchini relish, zucchini salad, zucchini brownies}

Miscellaneous 8lb 2 oz {This means we let someone come and pick vegetables, or did not get a chance to weigh them individually, and this was the total weight of all the vegetables combined}

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So that’s what I’ve grown so far this year… How about YOU?

How is YOUR garden doing?

Total Food Harvested in 2012: 522 lbs 9.25 oz

I have spent a total of $496.58 on seeds, soil, plants and supplies for this year.

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This year my goal is to grow 2,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables. I think I can do it. With 16 raised garden beds, a greenhouse, a raspberry patch and a few more planting beds sprinkled throughout our property, I believe growing 2,000 pounds of food is an attainable goal. Even if I do live right in the middle of high maintenance suburbia, and my neighbors think I’m nuts. ~Mavis

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We arrived home last night we were too tired to look in on the vegetable garden, so this morning I headed out and was shocked to find zucchini the size of baseball bats.

Before we left for our trip I made sure I had someone lined up to water the garden while we were away, but I totally forgot to ask them to pick the vegetables.

Holy Crap Batman! 72 pounds 9 oz of zucchini.  No freakin’ way.

I think I may have enough to feed a village.

We’ve only had time to pick zucchini and tomatoes this morning, but I’m excited to get back out there to see what else needs to be harvested.

It’s good to be back!

Here is what I have harvested so far this year:

Basil 1 lb 1 oz {how to make pesto}

Beets 46 lb 90z {how to can beets}

Blueberries 11 oz {mixed berry pie recipe}

Broccoli 4lb 14 oz {pasta salad with broccoli, carrots, and sun dried tomatoes}

Broccoli Rabb 1lb 6 oz {chickpeas with broccoli raab and bacon}

Cabbage 25lb 7 oz {how to make sauerkraut}

Carrots 98 lbs 0 oz {carrot cake recipe}

Cauliflower 2lbs 3 oz {cauliflower hummus rocks!}

Chives 1lb  {chalkboard painted herb pots}

Kale 1 lb 4 oz {how to make kale chips}

Lettuce 14 lb 6 oz {bbq chicken salad}

Mint 4 lbs 12 oz {Fresh Pea Salad with Spinach, Feta and Mint}

Onions 5 lbs 9 oz {Kentucky Fried Chicken Cole Slaw}

Oregano 4 lbs 15 oz

Mushrooms 9.25 oz {read more about how I grew mushrooms}

Peas 38 lb13 oz {fresh peas and bacon recipe}

Peppers 7 oz

Potatoes 37lb 0 oz {potato soup recipe}

Radish 15lb  12 oz {how I bartered radishes for avocados}

Raspberries  1 lb 15 oz {how to make a raspberry buckle}

Spinach 2lb 5 oz {garlic spinach dip recipe}

Sprouts 10 oz {how to grow sprouts}

Strawberries 6lb 6 oz {dehydrated strawberries are awesome}

Swiss Chard 24 lb 5 oz {rainbow Swiss chard recipe}

Tomatoes 9 oz {roasted corn salad with tomatoes and feta}

Zucchini 77 lb 2 oz {how to make zucchini relish}

Miscellaneous 8lb 2 oz {This means we let someone come and pick vegetables, or did not get a chance to weigh them individually, and this was the total weight of all the vegetables combined}

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So that’s what I’ve grown so far this year… How about YOU?

How is YOUR garden doing?

Total Food Harvested in 2012: 439 lbs 3.25 oz

I have spent a total of $496.58 on seeds, soil, plants and supplies for this year.

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