Key: (in order of occurrence)

adb = air-dry biomass

italics = seed source

Box 2 and Box 3 are
raised and have gopher screen

Crop

Variety

sq ft

TP Date

HV Dates

Actual Yield (lb)

Yield /100 sq ft (lb)

Notes

Cowpeas (6”c)

Tsolov

25

5/19

9/?-10/?

1.33

5.32

6/5, replanted 95% of seedlings

“ ”

13

6/15

9/?-10/?

0.22

1.69

int, 40BU2N

Flax
(4” c)

Golden & Common

25

5/5

7/25

0.28 seed
1.68 adb

1.12 seed
6.72 adb

Peas
(4” c)

Schweizer Riesen

8

4/24

6/16-7/29

2.62

32.75

Turtle Tree Seeds, snow, pole

(4” c)

Super Sugar Snap

14

“ ”

6/22-7/23

2.87

20.50

Bountiful Gardens, pole

(3” c)

Dwarf Gray Sugar

4

“ ”

6/23-7/29

1.45

36.25

Seed Savers Exchange, mid-pole, pod inedible

(3” c)

Oregon Sugar Pod

7

“ ”

6/18-7/6

1.89

27.00

Bountiful Gardens, snow, bush

(3” c)

Sugar Anne

10

“ ”

6/15-7/8

2.33

23.30

Bountiful Gardens, bush

all peas:

43

11.16

25.95

Radishes
(1” c)

French Breakfast

2.5

4/29

6/2-6/28

1.83

73.20

158 bulbs, 0.01 avg bulb size

(2” c)

“ ”

2.5

“ ”

“ ”

2.04

81.60

73 bulbs, 0.027 avg

(3” c)

“ “

5

“ ”

“ ”

2.20

44.00

68 bulbs, 0.032 avg

Amaranth
(12”)

Golden Giant

85

5/22

8/27

6.0 seed
12.25 adb

7.05 seed
14.41 adb

“ ”

100

5/22

8/8

4.0 seed
12.75 adb

4.0 seed
12.75 adb

premature harvest?

(18” c)

“ ”

15

5/22

8/27

0.45 seed
1.20 adb

3.00 seed
8.00 adb

for seed (income), section never looked strong

Beans, Dry
(6” c)

Black Turtle

108

6/5

9/15-16

13.30

12.31

harvested in one batch, not more than average shattering

“ ”

132

?

?

2.11

1.60

int, 40BU3N, yielded black, white, and black-pinto

Beans, Dry

Kidney

15

6/5

8/30-?

2.17

14.50

40BU1N

(6” c)

“ ”

45

6/5

?-9/20

3.53

7.84

40BU7N

Kidney

37

6/15

8/30-?

0.19

0.51

int, 40BU2N

“ ”

94

6/15

8/30-?

1.53

1.63

int, 40BU6N

Pinto

85

6/5

8/15-?

9.23

10.86

40 BU4N

“ ”

89

6/5-6/15

8/30-?

1.31

1.47

int, 40BU2N

“ ”

172

6/5

8/19-?

5.31

3.09

int, 40BU5N

Tiger’s Eye

73

6/4

8/27-?

5.94

8.13

Corn, Flour
(15” c)

Bloody Butcher

50

5/31

10/13-10/15

5.77 seed
26.12 adb

11.54 seed

Seed Savers Exchange, 40BU2N

“ ”

132

6/4

10/13

2.48 seed
47.88 adb

1.88 seed
36.27 adb

CConner, 40BU3N, struggled the most

“ ”

72

5/31

10/13-15

3.66 seed
35.0 adb

5.08 seed
48.61 adb

Seed Savers Exchange, 40BU6N

“ ”

22

6/4

10/13-15

0.58 seed
10.38 adb

2.63 seed
47.18 adb

CConner, 40BU6N

Hopi Blue

13

5/15

10/13

2.08 seed
6.56 adb

16.00 seed

Turtle Tree Seeds, 40BU2N

“ ”

159

5/20

9/17-10/13

15.3 seed
50.25 adb

9.62 seed
31.60 adb

Turtle Tree Seeds, 40BU5N

Seneca Red Stalker

76

5/31

10/1-10/13

7.45 seed
28.88 adb

9.80 seed
38.00 adb

Seeds of Change, 40BU2N

Wachichu Flint

13

5/20

9/30-10/13

1.04 seed
1.81 adb

8 seed
13.92 adb

Seeds of Change, 40BU5N

Early Bunching Onions (2”c)

Deep Purple

4

5/1

6/11-8/12

3.17

79.25

95 green onions

White Spear

17.5

5/1

6/7-8/6

17.01

97.2

530 green onions

“ ”

26

5/21-5/26

7/24-9/22

45.34

174.38

958 green onions

Leeks
(6” c)

Long Full

16

5/28

9/4/08-1/22/09

19.48

121.75

58 leeks, Turtle Tree Seeds, tall

Giant Carentan

30

5/28

9/4/08-4/18/09

54.43

181.43

102, Turtle Tree Seeds, shorter, more foliage, good in cold

King Richard

20

5/28

9/17/08-3/10/09

20.46

102.3

Turtle Tree Seeds, nice pseudostem

Parsley
(5” c)

Darki

18

5/27

7/2-1/14

21.25

118.05

slow, steady gopher activity

Peppers
(12” c)

Ancho Hot

15

6/2

9/4-10/9

3.98

26.50

66 peppers, fresh

Peppers
(12” c)

Cayenne, Long Slim

7

6/5

9/20-10/9

0.64

9.14

76 peppers, fresh (very few matured), 0.05 lb dry (7.8%)

Potatoes
(9” c)

Jaqueline  Lee

25

4.12

9/9

41.1

164.4

Box 2

Red Chieftan

85

4/15

8/27

108.59

127.75

Red La Soda

99

4/14

8/18

138.5

139.89

26.5 lb of this harvest showed gopher damage

Red Pontiac

21

4/12

9/15

43.14

205.00

Box 2

Russet

98

4/16

8/30

98.00

100.00

“ ”

6.5

4/12

9/15

10.92

168.00

Box 2

Yukon Gold

17

4/28

8/27

16.00

94.00

Golden Rule

Sweet Potatoes
(9” c)

mixed

33

7/6

10/6

10.80

32.70

Box 3, 25 sq ft MG on purchased starts, our starts next to it (our own did slightly better)

mixed

34

7/6

9/2?

5.67

16.67

A1S, our own starts

mixed

23

6/30

10/26

1.88

8.17

GH Box, lots of foliage, our starts

Tomatoes (21” c)

Delicious

35

5/27

10/5-10/30

48.65

139.00

164 tomatoes, 105 mostly green

“ ”

“ ”

“ ”

“ ”

0.05

0.16

seed harvest

Alfalfa
(5” c)

42

-

6/15-9/25

10.96 adb

26.10 adb

40BU5N, 4 cuttings

21

-

6/16-9/25

8.38 adb

39.90 adb

40BU7N, 4 cuttings

Celery
(6” c)

Ventura

20

4/29

6/2-10/8

34.61 ed
7.50 adb

173.05 ed
37.50 adb

Emandal 06; adb was from bolting plants

Cilantro
(6” c)

10

5/24

6/12-7/15

0.73 ed
0.11 seed

7.34 ed
1.10 seed

Golden Rule

13

6/7

7/25-8/18

0.22

1.69

Golden Rule, after compost pile

Early Bunching Onions
(2” c)

Deep Purple

5

6/7

11/22-1/15

1.31

26.20

133 green onions, after compost pile

White Spear

5

6/28

9/4-12/3

5.09

101.80

204 green onions, after compost pile

Kale (15”c)

Lacinato

20

4/17

6/2-9/30

15.5

77.50

short 2 seedlings

Lettuce
(12” c)

Bronze Arrow

57

6/2

6/30-7/22

43.00

75.00

56 heads, in tomatoes and peppers

(9-18” c)

Mixed

15

?

7/22-7/29

11.06

73.73

18 heads, in amaranth for seed

Mustard
(6” c)

Komatsuna

10

5/13

6/2-6/23

4.90

49.00

spinach mustard

Onions
(6” c)

Giant Zittau

50

5/8

9/23

58.82

117.64

200 onions

Radishes (1.5” c)

Cherry Belle

5

6/28

7/22-8/18

0.89 (82)

17.80

all followed mustard, more didn’t bulb

(2” c)

“ ”

5

“ ”

“ ”

1.54 (97)

30.80

both sections had soil cave-ins (rodents)

Salsify
(3” c)

2

5/5

8/18

0.36

18.00

11 roots, Golden Rule

Spinach
(6” c)

Bloomsdale

8

6/29

7/15-8/4

0.86

10.75

after compost pile, hot spell during harvest, bolting

Steadfast

5

6/29

7/15-8/18

2.01

40.20

after compost pile, better with heat