The kids came over today, and nearly 43 pounds of tomatoes were picked. They ran the gamut from green to ripe and every shade in between. Seems like John loves fried green tomatoes! My, there are still a LOT of tomatoes out there, but it's supposed to get into the thirties tonight, so it's possible no more will be picked.
Scott also took a grocery bag full of green peppers, a bunch of carrots, four large green onions, a bowl of cherry tomatoes and a bunch of parsley...and I forgot to weigh them before he left! I am going to give it an educated guess though, as I need every ounce I can get to reach 1000 pounds. I'm sure there were at least five pounds of peppers in that bag (probably more), the carrots I've been pulling have come in between 11-13 ounces, so I'll call these 12 ounces, onions will count as 6 ounces and the parsley at 2 ounces. I won't worry about the cherry tomatoes. I'm up to 973.685 pounds! I have no doubts the parsnips will bring it up to goal.
I think you could get to the goal by breathing on the scale at this point! Holy cow missy!
ReplyDeleteYou're amazing!!
ReplyDeleteHow many sqft do you have again?
Wow, your totals are absolutely amazing! Your family and neighbors will probably be raiding your stash while you are in AZ! You will hear see your house on the news, police lights out front, them bringing out people in handcuffs and their loot of canned goods, lol!
ReplyDeleteSo close! Good luck. I hope those parsnips do it for you.
ReplyDeleteGranny - good for you! After last year's ( or the year before? )tree mishap, you deserve to get that much from your newly built garden. I hope to increase mine next year too, but nothing that will compare to yours. 500 lbs next year would make me grin like a frog eatin' grapes!
ReplyDeleteI just love reading about your harvests. I'll be disgusted with my puny harvest this year (I'm going to blame it on the trees shading the beds), but when I read about your hundreds of pounds I figure I ought to be able to do a at least a fraction of that and I start planning for next year.
ReplyDeleteLove it, love it!!