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November Harvest Totals

6/12/2013

The total produce harvested from my garden in November weighed 43.353 kg, brining the total year-to-date to 730.226 kg! (That's 1610 lbs)

November's harvest included:

7.245 kg strawberries

46g herbs (parsley, chives etc)

16.438 kg silverbeet

1.91 kg peas

4.476 kg mixed brassicas (broccoli, purple cauli, cabbage, brussel sprouts)

5.14 kg celery

48g raspberries

2.914 kg lettuce

3.816 kg carrots

1.32 kg leeks

2 Comments

zeolis link

11/7/2025 07:52:34 pm

Impressive harvest! Seeing your totals for tomatoes, silverbeet, and kumara really highlights how productive that urban homestead setup can be. I’m curious—did you try any crop succession planning in November to keep planting space full? And have you noticed any particular veggies that thrive better in the urban microclimate compared to a regular garden?

Thrifty Kiwi

12/7/2025 12:28:26 pm

Thanks! I was constantly planting new things wherever there was space. My planting list for November that year include: leaf lettuce, heading lettuce, bok choy, spinach, gherkins, nasturtium, celery, marigold, cosmos, allysum, various tomatoes (25 plants of 5 varieties), green beans, zucchini, silverbeet, chokos, parsley, calendula, yacon, chivs, carrots, buckwheat, corn, dill, leeks, and various other flowers and herbs.

Define a "regular garden"? LOL A lot of folk would consider my garden not-regular as it's larger than many. But really, no matter what and where you grow, local conditions are a big factor, as are mitigations of those conditions (eg manmade or planted shelter), along with soil quality, soil amendment and so on.

A year ago we moved to a completely different location with totally different soil (clay as opposed to sandy loam). We started a new garden on a sloping, exposed paddock by simply scraping off the top layer and laying mulch paths with compost + amendments beds and started growing. We've had excellent harvests, despite very exposed windy conditions and little time for soil improvement. I expect it will only get better and better over time.

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