Monday, January 2, 2023

Garden Total by Crop

In pounds... 

beans = 17.8 

cherry tomatoes = 4.3 

tomatoes = 126.5 

okra = 18.4 

garlic = 5 

broccoli = 1.1 

carrots = 10.4 

zucchini = 43.3 

kholrabi = .4 

bell peppers = 1.5 

beets = 3.4 

radishes = 1.5 

peas = .5 

cucumbers = 39.3 

snake melon = 18.5 

Total 292.1 

Not weighed: chives, lettuce, oregano, basil, thyme, kale, and mint. We got LOTS of kale. 

Total cost for the garden this year = $503.82. 

Wow - that is WAY more than we usually spend! But we had a bunch of what I call capital improvements, including a new arrangement for our grow lights, PVC and plastic for hoop tunnels, fresh strawberry plants (cultivar = Sparkle), a new trellis (fence panel + T-posts), and, most expensive of all, $150 worth of goumi berry bushes. Despite this sky-high cost, we still came out with a total of $1.73 per pound of fresh, organic produce. That is actually not too bad. Next year we might add more hoops. Or we might not. The original plan was to add some each year until every bed has an option of hoops, if we want them, but I'm not sure we made very good use of them. In any event, next year's costs should be much lower.