2023 will be the first Harvest Report that includes weights for all most of the harvest.
It’s also one of the years I feel was a complete flop.
A failed harvest
Although lots of plants were in the ground, I was slack on watering and failed at harvest time.
Both the early and main crop potatoes grew well but I never harvested them.
The courgette were too tightly packed in the bed, along with a lack of watering mean that they didn’t produce anywhere near the amount they should have.
The strawberry bed is still over run, so another year without a harvest.
Harvest report 2023
All measurements will be in grams.
| Plant | Weight (g) |
|---|---|
| Rhubarb | 5739 |
| Courgette | 974 |
| Gooseberry | 156 |
| Runner Beans | 20 |
| Blueberry | 9 |
| Apples | 358 |
| Blackberry | 350 |
Plans to fix the problems for 2024
Watering has to be a key priority.
The strawberries need pulling up and a plan for planting them somewhere else; In a different format where they can be better controlled, rather than taking over a whole 8×4 foot bed.
Re-fertilising the beds with compost. At the back end of 2023 the hotbin was emptied and the compost added to all of the beds apart from the strawberry bed.
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