Monday, June 18, 2012

Harvest Monday, June 18th, 2012

I look at this photo and it just doesn't do the size of these bok choys justice. The biggest was almost five pounds. Total they were eleven and a third pounds of choy. I gave one to my townhouse mates. The rest I took apart and have in my fridge to eat over the next week or so. Well maybe. That is a lot of choy. I ought to open the pickled choys I did earlier and see if I like them. Then I could pickle a lot of them. Needless to say I've been eating it every day at least once a day and sometimes more. Then on Sunday I picked the last two as they were bolting. I forgot the photo, but I took them apart outside before bringing them in (gets rid of the nasty insects). One was just huge. So there was more than 5 pounds plus additional. Total was about 17 lbs.

Again the broccoli doesn't look that big. That is because the green onion is a quarter of a pound all by itself. Again it is a nice big broccoli head.

Usually when I pick chard I do it every other week and pretty much take all the big leaves. This wasn't the week for picking chard, but I wanted some for pizza, so I picked a few leaves.

Peas, peas, peas and more peas. Peas make great snacks. I always have some tzatziki dip made to go with them.

And June just wouldn't be June without strawberries. The harvests are smaller than a couple of weeks ago, but they are still coming in. Sadly my strawberry protector is gone. I had mocking birds nesting near the strawberries. They kept the squirrels and the flocks of sparrows out. The strawberries are covered, but some are growing out of the netting in the open. I hope those birds don't find them.

More peas and strawberries. I'm really going to miss June when it is gone.

I picked my three Soloist Chinese cabbage. There was a ton of earwig and some slug damage. I peeled off the outer layers and finally got to the core that was undamaged. I would have been sad to not get any this year. Each one is about a pound. The larger Asian greens/brassica bed is half empty now. I just have some Early Jersey cabbage and some Michihili Chinese cabbage. I'll probably pick the Michihili next week. I'm praying there are undamaged leaves in there too.

I've noticed that my tally is almost positive already. It might even be positive on the next harvest Monday, even before July. That would be my first ever time that has happened. Usually I break even in mid July sometime (last year July 18th was the Harvest Monday post where this happened). This year is such a different year since I won't have any tomatoes and peppers. They are a high dollar crop for the space. I've replaced a lot with corn and sweet potatoes, which aren't as costly. But at least the early crops have done well. The only real loss to the weird weather so far has been the lettuce. They really bolted quickly. I would have guessed the Asian greens were more prone to bolting than lettuce but that turned out not to be the case.

  • Alliums 0.24 lbs
  • Broccoli 0.99 lbs
  • Greens 20.69 lbs
  • Herbs 0.08 lbs
  • Peas 4.83 lbs
  • Turnips 0.38 lbs
  • Weekly total 27.21 lbs
  • Yearly total 153.97 lbs
  • Tally -$16.33
  • Fruits 
  • Strawberries 3.04 lbs

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.

49 comments:

  1. Those choys are huge! Slugs do seem to love the Chinese cabbage. I guess there's lots of hiding places. I'm waiting until fall to grow some this year. It got so hot, so early this spring.

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  2. I had no idea squirrels love strawberries, guess that's why I am seeing partially eaten strawberries all over my garden.
    Your bok choy are lovely and huge, what variety are they?

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    1. They are Joi Choi. They worked out pretty well. I was hoping for ones that took longer than the baby choys, but sadly they really were ready to pick at about the same time as the later planted baby choys.

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  3. Is there anything that doesn't like living in a Chinese cabbage? I've had frogs, snails, slugs, earwigs, millipedes and caterpillars in them before.

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    1. I've never had a frog in there before. I would think a frog would eat all those other nasties.

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  4. Wow, your choy and chinese cabbage are beautiful! I lost all of my Asian veggies this spring due to bolting from the weather. I guess we will be waiting for a fall/winter crop.

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  5. Wow! That's a lot of choy! I've yet to grow it, but would like to :-) Maybe next season? It seems that the longer I grow things, the more I want to grow and my list is already pretty ridiculous for the amount of space we have!

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  6. Gorgeous choy and the chinese cabbages as trimmed up are handsome too. That is a lot of both to have at one time. I had that happen last year (did not grow much of either this year) and I was swimming in it for about three weeks. Good problem to have though!

    The peas and strawberries make me hungry. Two of my favorite things.

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  7. I am glad to hear that you are already almost in the black for the year. :)

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  8. Your Chinese cabbage are gorgeous. I also envy your strawberry harvest. You will be eating well this week!

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  9. Everything looks terrific! I'm trying to link to this Harvest Monday for the first time; what a struggle! Think I've re-written my post three times! Oh, learning blogging in late middle (early old?)age!

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  10. WOW! In the 'green' already is fantastic! ;-) hahaha...You really harvested a lot this week. I bet you were really on your toes.

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  11. Those are some awesome harvests. Everything is a nice size. My garden is still in the red, but I should turn the corner soon enough. I also haven't counted the potatoes and onions that are curing.

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  12. That's quite the harvest for the week and it all looks delicious!

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  13. Wow! What a great harvest! Mine are always pitiful, lol.

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  14. wow lots of greens for you! Love all those strawberries; every week I am thinking of where I can put that many strawberry plants!

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  15. Our garden is so much behind yours, and we're still anxiously awaiting the arrival of peas. How are you using this incredible harvest of gigantic bok choy and cabbage?

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    1. I'm saving the cabbage for a bit. I think it ought to keep fairly well in the fridge for a couple of weeks. The choys have been used in soup (it has been cold), in stir fries, and in salads. I expect to make more of the same in the coming week.

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  16. Looks wonderful! Especially bok choy and strawberries!

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  17. I'm always astounded by the weight and volume of the greens. I do need to branch out and try some of the Asian greens. Keep inspiring us all! Susan

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  18. I really don't have much going on in the garden this month. I was lazy this year and didn't do any early crops. However my garlic is already for harvest which is a full month early for me...such weird weather this year.

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  19. Wow, are you giving your veggies steroids this year? Amazing harvests, I have a long way to go to catch up to you this year. I finally have a harvest to show off after three months of nothing.

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  20. Wow, your putting the rest of us to shame with your totals so far this year! I won't stand a chance of catching up with you until my tomatoes and potatoes are ready in September. Great job!

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  21. WOW!!!! Just--WOW. Your harvests week after week just amaze me.

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  22. Your bok choy are absolutely amazing. I have to harvest my chinese cabbage this week. They didn't form heads and are starting to bolt.

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  23. Beautiful choi. Mine have done poorly this year. Those were great instructions for refrigerator pickles. I'm growing a small cuke this year - Picolino - and they should be good as pickles.

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  24. Your strawberries are amazing. I have tried three years in a row to grow strawberries, but every one of them dies. Maybe next year!

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  25. wow look at all those peas! Great harvest

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  26. That is an amazing amount of produce, 27 lbs in one week, and beautifully photographed as always. I was pleased to harvest over four pounds of bok choy this week. I can't imagine a five pound bok choy plant. Amazing. I look forward to hearing how your bok choy pickles turned out.

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  27. Your Choi is amazing! But how do you eat 17 pounds of Choi in a week or two? That's too much fiber for me. I'm trying to figure out what to do with my 4 pounds. Maybe there is a dish with with Choi and strawberries?

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    1. I'm going to taste my choy pickles that I made earlier in the year with the baby choys. If I like it I'll make more. It seems a good way to preserve them. Also I'm going to blanch and freeze some for the winter. I think it would be great in soups. I'm hoping it will hold up well enough for stir fries though. That would be nice.

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  28. Fantastic harvest this week Daphne, the Bok choy is very impressive as is all those peas and strawberries...........
    Very lucky Townhouse mates!

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  29. Those pak choi are amazing! Have you tried drying them? I've read it's quite usual in China. All your harvests are amazing, as ever :)

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    1. No never tried drying them. I might try it though.

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  30. Those bok choy and chinese cabbage are gorgeous. I'm hoping mine will turn out half as good this fall.

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  31. Wow! That is some impressive bok choys! Will you eat them all or try freezing some? Your pea harvest looks yummy as well. Mine are just beginning to form a few pods. They are not going to like the hot weather we will have by mid-week.

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    1. I'm going to try to freeze and maybe pickle them.

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  32. Lovely harvests! I love the combination of peas and strawberries in the photo- they look delicious. I can't believe your bok choy weighed 5 lbs! Your brassicas are definitely happy.

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  33. Your weeks harvest is so lovely and varied! I'm amazed by the amount of strawberries and book Choy, wow! Using the chard on pizza sounds quite good!

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  34. i love your harvests! everything looks so flawless and tasty.

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  35. That is a lot of bok choy! I bet you have a really healthy diet with all the greens you have!

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  36. Hey I recently found your page and I love it, I am writing a post about vegetable gardens and linked to your page. Please let me know if this is a problem and I will remove it other wise thanks for the great post!
    xx

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  37. Wow wow wow, so jealous of your strawberries and choys.

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  38. Those strawberries look killer! We got a few plants and found out that the dog likes them. A lot. They have to be dog-proofed if we want to enjoy them :)

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  39. Looks really good. I see you over at Granny's and now at Becky's so I thought I'd pay a visit!

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  40. Your harvest looks great. Like usual. :)
    Unfortunately our little garden was attacked by bugs. :(

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  41. Thanks for hosting Harvest Mondays. Your garden is beautiful. And kudos to each and every one of the Monday Harvesters. Work through the challenges and keep growing food - it's worth it. My backyard is in Central Pennsylvania.

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  42. The amount of vegetables you've produced is amazing! My fiancee and i are rather new to gardening vegetables/food plants, and even if every plant comes to fruit/creates a veggie, I won't have nearly as much as you. Way to go! I totally wanna get better and gardening and planning so we can increase the amount of food we make, and decrease the amount of $ we spend on food !

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