Sadly not all of the things I picked got photographed and weighed. The weird thing is that I photographed this on the scale, but never put it in my tally sheet. There were a few other harvests of the asparagus. It is the second year for them and I'm harvesting all the females of an all male variety. I have replacements coming in since some plants died last year. I figured I might as well replace the females too. But until then I get to eat their tiny harvest.
I harvested a small amount of spinach and cilantro for scrambled eggs one day. There were even two leeks that I had missed last fall that overwintered. They were pretty small.
And my big harvest was lots of kale. Not only did I eat it myself but I brought it and lots of my frozen carrots to a large passover dinner. It takes a lot of kale for 20 people. It really cooks down. I brought about the same amount of both and was surprised that more kale was eaten than carrots. I usually think of kale as being looked down upon compared to carrots. But it was eaten right up. Whoohoo for kale!
- Alliums 0.1 lbs
- Asparagus 0.08 lbs
- Herbs 0.04 lbs
- Greens 5.9 lbs
- Weekly total 6.34 lbs
- Yearly total 20.99 lbs
- Tally -$509.67
Harvest Monday is a day to show off your harvests, how you are saving your harvest, or how you are using your harvest. If you have a harvest you want to show off, add your name and link to Mr Linky below.
Where did you get your scale? I have been looking for one to tally my (hoped for) harvests.
ReplyDeleteI have been privileged to share in Passover 3 times and it is really a wonderful event. I am glad the kale was a big hit.
I got it from Amazon. My old kitchen scale died so I finally got this one. It really is a nice one. But then there are so many nice scales out there. I wanted one that was easy to clean so picked a glass topped one.
DeleteKale is now the IN food. Everyone is discovering how it is good for you and how delicious it taste, especially the way you prepared the dish.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a lot of greens Daphne! Like Norma said, Kale is definitely "in" right now. I have to admit that we had never eaten Kale until a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure who I'm quoting here but I have heard Kale described as the "new spinach", as one would describe "brown as the new black" (actually brown was the new black quite some years ago - orange or purple or green or even black is probably the new black these days...). I'm not sure where I'm going with this analogy as I don't imagine one would wear Kale....even if it is the stylish green of the season.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful harvest! I haven't trid growing kale yet but will probably plant it in the fall for the winter garden.
ReplyDeleteThe harvest is looking good! Despite it being greens season you managed to work a few other items in for good measure! Sounds like your kale was a big hit. The difference between fresh picked and grown versus something that has been on the grocer bins for a while is truly amazing. Once someone tastes it fresh and properly prepared, they usually are quite interested in kale going forward.
ReplyDeleteNo harvest post for me this week. I was out of town visiting relatives for Easter and just was not able to manage the weekly post and everything else that had to be done before we left. I will catch up next week though.
I can't imagine the mountain of kale to feed 20 people. You have such a productive garden!
ReplyDeleteI am always amazed at how much you harvest from your garden. I am hoping to join in on Harvest Monday next week for the first time!
ReplyDeleteI'm new to kale. I love it! I can't wait for the seedlings in the garden to grow like mad so I can have some of it. Hope it happens before it gets too warm so it's not bitter (yes, I realized that I shouldn't have planted it when I did, but I'd just tasted it and wanted my own!).
ReplyDeleteWow, almost 6 pounds of greens! Kale has really become a lot more popular over the last few years. I wish I could say we had been eating it all our lives, but we can't, we also are recent converts to the kale band wagon. One thing I have noticed is that it sure is good this time of year! The plants that have over wintered are mild and tasty!
ReplyDeleteNice looking kale! Wow!
ReplyDeleteYou've lots of kale, nice harvest.
ReplyDeleteI have some skinny asparagus coming up but I left them alone, are they female spears? I do have a few thicker spears, I thought I planted all male asparagus crowns.
still a lovely harvest!
ReplyDeleteWow! That is a lot of kale! And yes, it sure does cook down! I'm excited to see you got a few spears of asparagus! We just put some in the ground, so hopefully next year we'll get a few spears, too :-)
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ReplyDeleteI'm new to your blog, and loving it! I garden up on Vancouver Island in BC, Canada. Looks like we have about the same amount of bed space. Looks like you guys are at least a few weeks ahead of us, spring-wise. My tallest asparagus are about an inch tall at this point. I'm looking forward to checking in on you regularly. Thanks for taking the time to make a blog -- I'm sure I'll learn a lot from you!
Happy planting!
Kirsten
Things are looking good in your garden Daphne! That reminds me, I have some leeks to harvest! ;0)
ReplyDeleteYummy Kale! I love the three asparagus spears.
ReplyDeleteI'm growing kale for the first time this fall.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that kale is getting more popular. I grow Lacinato and Scotch Blue Curled kales, love them both. My favorite way of preparing it is to saute it lightly in olive oil, add dried cranberries and pecans and a splash of a really good vinegar, like pear champagne or raspberry vinegar. I have a bacon and sliced boiled egg recipe for it that I'm going to try next.
ReplyDeleteI'm reporting in for the first time. I love this meme because if I keep up with it, I will have documented my gardening season. Since this is also my first garden, it's a smart thing to do.
ReplyDeleteI'm in Dallas, Texas and since I didn't plant anything until March there isn't a lot yet, but what is there is delicious!
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Hi! Question about asparagus. This is the third or fourth year for mine. I noticed sometimes the top curls towards the north and one of the tops was pretty brown today. Do you know why of all this? Also, how did you fix your kale to take to the dinner may I ask? I have a package of Cilantro sitting on my desk to plant when it is warm enough! Nancy at
ReplyDeleteI have no clue about the asparagus. This is the first time I've had it in my garden.
DeleteThe kale was cooked with olive oil and garlic. Then at the table there was balsamic vinegar to add.
Wow that's a lot of kale! I'm impressed everyone ate it.. the poor leafy greens aren't usually what people go for. I'm jealous of your asparagus- I just planted mine this spring- can't wait for my first asparagus harvest.
ReplyDeleteGreat harvest this week Daphne! I'm really jealous for your kale. You've gotten it so early in the year. Our plants are still tiny, but they do look delicious!
ReplyDeleteLeafy greens look good, still waiting on my leeks
ReplyDeleteYeah for Kale! I love kale and i keep meaning to get some started. What a beautiful harvest!
ReplyDeleteYour kale is making me drool. My fall kale was eaten by deer. My spring transplants are hardening off this week and will be planted soon. I can't wait.
ReplyDeleteYum! Kale!!
ReplyDeleteIt's so good and so happy. I'm still in awe of your recordkeeping. . .
Oh is it the early season for asparagus there now! My husband seems to be allergic to Red Russian kale. We had many plants of that kale last year but did not get to enjoy it because of that.
ReplyDeleteI just planted some asparagus crowns this spring. I hope to be harvesting some in a couple of years. Yours look great. I did get some leeks this week. Yea!
ReplyDeleteLove asparagus!!! so hardy, worth the wait and rewards you for years with tasty spears.
ReplyDeleteI like to get rid of my female asparagus plants as well. Too bad they can't be all-made as advertized!
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