Balcont and window sill harvests month by month
The most effective harvests had been in September – over 25kg for the month in each 2010 and 2011. The smallest had been in December, January and February – between half and one kilo every month – however nonetheless simply sufficient for a weekly salad or two!
The most important enchancment between 2010 and 2011 was enhancing the harvests early within the yr. By planning extra fastidiously and sowing extra early maturing crops like peas and early potatoes, harvests in Might, June and July 2011 had been almost double that of 2010 (over 10 kilos every month in June and July). You possibly can learn extra about planning on this submit Maximising area: a number of harvests from one pot.
Total, for the comparable months, yields elevated barely from 2010 to 2011. Might – November 2010 yielded 63kg. The identical interval in 2011 yielded 69kg (a couple of 10% improve). I hoped for a bigger improve – however October was badly affected by our home transfer and in fact I additionally received a bit lazy about maintaining with the salad sowing over the summer time!
How did these figures translate on to our kitchen desk? Effectively, for 5 months, from June to September we hardly purchased any contemporary veg (besides potatoes and carrots), and in August and September there was a surplus – largely tomatoes and chillies. Then in March, April, Might,and October all our salads, herbs and inexperienced leaves for stir fries got here from the balcony – and we regularly had loads of these crops to present away. And in November, December, January and February we’d harvest a couple of salad per week + inexperienced leaves (like cavelo nero) each week or two, + the occasional sprig of herbs. A lot much less in winter, then – however someway they tasted notably scrumptious and particular – and nicely definitely worth the effort!
You possibly can see extra particulars of the harvests within the rising diary and a abstract of the crops grown right here.