These are the fruits of my labor. This past week I harvested some of, what will be, the last of my garden plots crops. Only a few more weeks to get a bumper crop.
It was somewhat of a bad year for gardening…uneven watering (due to torrential rains) followed by heat. It was a recipe for blossom rot for most of July. My tomatoes suffered the most this with very little yield.
Though when I break down the financials it was totally worth it.
$75 for plot
$16 Seeds
$35 for tomato, pepper and eggplant
$45 garden supplies
Total Cost: $171
The Yield
20 quarts of lettuces
10 peppers (thus far)
10 jalapeños
20 habaneros
24 pearl onions (need to plant my onions deeper next year)
several bunches of green onions
14 beets
4 dozen radishes
4 lbs of tomatoes (sad year with blossom rot due to rain and heat
4 zucchinis (from neighbor who abandoned plot)
2 dozen small carrots (rabbit/squirrel took a liking to them)
Lots of Basil, chives, mint and oregano
Still plugging away: broccoli (which I think seeded), peppers and I have blossoms on my eggplant!
Not to mention the hours of joy playing with dirt.
Cool. I loved having basil this year. Will grow it again next year.