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What have you eaten from your yard in 2017?
My count is. 24
Potatoes
Peas
Carrots
Beats
Celery
Parsley
Chives
Saskatoons
Cherry
Black current
Red current
Combination berry
Two kinds of blue berries
5 kinds of apples including macs, grannies
Raspberries
Strawberries
Yellow bush beans
Tomatoes
Cabbage
Waiting to eat
Cucumbers. Just picked one for tomorrow.
Butternut squash looks like I have about 8 right now. How long can they keep once picked?
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08-23-2017, 06:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sundancefisher
My count is. 22
Potatoes
Peas
Carrots
Beats
Celery
Parsley
Chives
Saskatoons
Cherry
Black current
Red current
Combination berry
Two kinds of blue berries
5 kinds of apples including macs, grannies
Raspberries
Strawberries
Yellow bush beans
Waiting to eat
Cucumbers
Butternut squash
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Potatoes
Beans
Peas
Carrots
Saskatoon's
Raspberries
Apples
Spinach
Rosehips
Morels
Lettuce
Beats
Strawberries
Haskaps
Jerusalem artichokes
Asparagus
Cherries
Lots and lots of eggs.
A few rabbits.
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08-23-2017, 06:43 PM
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Our soil is too poor for a garden so we container garden on a limited basis.
Tomato's and cucumbers for now. They produced very well.
The berries didn't do well here. We go a few handfuls of Raspberries, a handful of wild strawberries and less then a handful of Saskatoon's.
No Mushrooms yet, anywhere in the area. We are hoping.
So;
Tomato's
Cucumbers
Saskatoon. barely
Wild Strawberries, a few
Wild Raspberries, a cup full.
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08-23-2017, 06:47 PM
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Lots of green vegetation. Earlier in the year, willow shoots. Summer goes too fast.
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08-23-2017, 06:51 PM
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A raspberry 
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08-23-2017, 06:52 PM
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Carrots
Peas
Cucumbers
Pickled 40 jars of pickles
Pickled 40 jars of carrots
Beans
Raspberries
Potatoes
Zuchinni
Corn
Watermelon
Canned 2 dozen jars of peaches
1 dozen jars of salsa
Our corn and watermelons are just coming on full blast now. Our kids walk around saying "I don't remember eatin corn". Lol. Sounds funny from a 2 and 5 year old.
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08-23-2017, 06:53 PM
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Add lettuce, beets and spinach to that list
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08-23-2017, 07:14 PM
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One Early Girl Tomato in a BLT for lunch today
Crabapples getting picked this weekend should yield about 50 L of cider
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08-23-2017, 07:19 PM
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Tomatoes lettuce kale green onions strawberries and potatoes
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08-23-2017, 07:27 PM
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We don't have garden this year but the cow was pretty good.
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08-23-2017, 07:31 PM
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Don't have any land of my own, but here are some of the goodies I've harvested from the bush so far this year:
Saskatoons
Raspberries
Wild Strawberries
Chokecherries
Blueberries
Morels
Orange Top Mushrooms
Wild Rose Petals
Yarrow
Wild Mint
Hazelnuts
The wild strawberries were amazing this year, picked almost a full ice cream pail which have since been turned into jelly. Dozen or so pounds of blueberries are in the freezer and have a nice supply of dried mint in storage.
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08-23-2017, 08:01 PM
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Good and timely post. If I include participating neighbours, and all the wild fields and forests that I have access to I could match your list and add a few more. Not trying to brag, simply saying that it has been another great and aboundant year for all types of vegtables, fruits and fungi. I hope everyone has had a chance to enjoy mother natures glories this year.
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08-23-2017, 08:04 PM
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Parsley
Tomatoes, over 80 lbs 2016
Cherry tomatoes, 20lbs 2016
Raspberry
Wild strawberry
Normal strawberry
Cucumbers
Apples
Chives
Nanking cherry, 10 lbs, 2017
Sour cherry, over 60 lbs, 2017
Dill
Tarragon
Basil
Rhubarb
Lettuce, green and red leaf, butter
Horse radish
From my back yard in Edmonton.
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08-23-2017, 08:46 PM
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From back yard in Calgary:
Strawberry
Raspberry red and yellow
Sour cherry
Black currant
Red currant
Gooseberry
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Zucchini
Green bell peppers
Oyster mushrooms
Rubarb
Carrots
Beetroots
Apples
Parsley
Dill
Cilantro
Black radish
Horse radish
Peppermint
Green onions
Garlic
Pinto beans
Still waiting to ripen:
Sea buckthorn berries
Grapes
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08-23-2017, 08:50 PM
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Here's my list:
Garlic
Potatoes
Peas
Carrots
Purple beans
Green beans
Dill
Cherry tomatoes
English long cucumbers
Pickle cucumbers
Zucchini
Raspberries
Crab apples
Beets
Butter lettuce
Romaine lettuce
Swiss chard
Radishes
Rhubarb
Chives
Hungarian wax pepper
Green pepper
Still waiting on red peppers, Roma tomatoes, beefsteak tomatoes, corn, and pumpkins.
First year with a garden and it's first year producing. So far so good!
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08-23-2017, 09:01 PM
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Tomatoes over half done
5 gallons of Raspberrys
Green Peppers
Sweet with Heat peppers
Long Cayene
Yellow Banana pepper
Super Chili
Tomatilloes
Basket of fire pepper
Evans Cherries
Strawberries
Chokecherries
Cilantro
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08-23-2017, 09:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by waterninja
Good and timely post. If I include participating neighbours, and all the wild fields and forests that I have access to I could match your list and add a few more. Not trying to brag, simply saying that it has been another great and aboundant year for all types of vegtables, fruits and fungi. I hope everyone has had a chance to enjoy mother natures glories this year.
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I wish.
I did pick a gallon of wild blueberries but not a single mushroom, and precious few Saskatoon's or Raspberries.
I was looking forward to picking a few gallons of Chokecherries but there just aren't any out there close. Within a ten miles.
I have access to thousands of acres and usually have a lot to choose from, but not this year. It has been so dry that even the grasshoppers here go to the dugout for water twice a day.
A total of 4" or rain since the first of April and no rain in sight.
I was down at Sexsmith last week, to pick up a quad.
This one in fact.
It was unreal how many berries there were on the bushes down there. More then I've ever seen around here.
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08-23-2017, 09:35 PM
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Shepards purse, dandelions, cherries, and pig weed...oh and lambs quarters
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08-23-2017, 09:39 PM
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Quote:
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I wish.
I did pick a gallon of wild blueberries but not a single mushroom, and precious few Saskatoon's or Raspberries.
I was looking forward to picking a few gallons of Chokecherries but there just aren't any out there close. Within a ten miles.
I have access to thousands of acres and usually have a lot to choose from, but not this year. It has been so dry that even the grasshoppers here go to the dugout for water twice a day.
A total of 4" or rain since the first of April and no rain in sight.
I was down at Sexsmith last week, to pick up a quad.
This one in fact.
It was unreal how many berries there were on the bushes down there. More then I've ever seen around here. |
Thats one heck of a quad. Wheel count, thats 3 quads. lol Yes the berries and apples were too thick this year, but who has time to thin them?
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08-23-2017, 09:52 PM
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Pretty sure I ate a mosquito or two as well as lots of apples.
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08-23-2017, 10:12 PM
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Walleye.
White tail, but it's from 2016.
Saskatoons, raspberries, dandylions.
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08-23-2017, 11:30 PM
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Raspberries, blueberries(3-4 of them).
Pickling cukes - at least 20 from just one plant
Tomatoes - I would say 12-14 of them
Apples. Lots!
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08-24-2017, 12:16 AM
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Apples
Crab apples
Cherries
Nanking cherries
Raspberrys
Potatoes
Carrots
Daikon radishes and the pods
Onions
Chives
Wheat
Kamut
Chickling Vetch
Saskatoons
Choke cherry
I should go check the Sea Buckthorns tomorrow. The horse radish will be ready in another month or so.
Looking forward to a few partridge, a deer, some geese, ducks, sharp tails, pheasants, the yard cow, and the chicken pen pig!
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08-24-2017, 12:46 AM
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Potatoes and like Tfng said, a few skeeters.
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08-24-2017, 12:55 AM
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Lots of tomatoes (best year I had in Northern Alberta)
Cucumbers
Lots of green peas
Yellow beans
Beets
Zucchinis
Raspberries
Greens (dill, cilantro, basil, lettuce, etc)
That's all I planted this year though (excluding raspberries, of course)
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08-24-2017, 05:44 AM
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Forgot about my peppers.
Also my broccoli and Brussels spouts did not do well. Slugs are feeding well.
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08-24-2017, 08:16 AM
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Not much compared to most so far, just sour cherries, raspberries, peas & tomatoes. Will have some potatoes soon. Bloody squirrel has been digging potato plants up, I think I'll need to look into some trapping options so more of them don't pick up the behaviour.
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08-24-2017, 10:59 AM
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Quote:
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Butternut squash looks like I have about 8 right now. How long can they keep once picked?
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I've got several butternut and spaghetti squash from last year still in the basement cold room. They last a long time in the right conditions. I have them on the cold cement floor. Lots coming along in the garden so the chickens will be eating well.
Potatoes
Carrots
Garlic
Green and regular onions
zucchini
lettuce
Spinach
Swiss Chard
peas
beans (bush and pole)
several types of peppers
roma/brandywine tomatoes
cucumbers
corn
raspberry
blackberry
Strawberry
blueberry
rosemay/thyme/sage/basil/Dill/Cilantro
broccoli
tomatillo's
kohlrabi
celery
beets
cabbage
giant pumkins coming along (one about 60lbs so far)
spaghetti and butternut squash
Sunflowers
Chicken
Eggs
Morels
I've got squash plants coming up all over the garden from seed left in the spread compost and the current compost pile is full of potatoes from throw away potato's and skins. Hoping to get 30-40lbs just out of that Was a dud year for may regular pototoes Spring was way too wet and cold.
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Yup. Cucumbers, zucchini, strawberries, beans, tomatoes, red and yellow beats.
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08-24-2017, 11:41 AM
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Crab apple crisp. At least i think they are crab apple, they taste goood but smaller than store apple
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