As noted before, most of our harvests increased this year. In terms of major crops, we had several that increased over 50% from the previous year, in terms of food exported from the farm:

Beets, edemame (immature soy), fennel, green beans, peas, largely because we did a better job of planting, fostering germination, and maintaining these crops.

The improved weather also helped the above crops, but definitely helped the leeks, onions, tomatoes, and greens which increased from last year largely because last year's plantings of these crops were severely hampered by water-related death and disease-onion harvest increased fivefold.

Berries and rhubarb increased from just a few pounds last year to about 80 lbs of berries and 60 lbs of rhubarb this year, as our plantings matured.

There were a few major crops that declined in yield:

Butternut squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, zucchini all dramatically declined in harvest from the previous year, some to zero, as insects, powdery mildew, and other plagues quickly killed off all of our plants, as seen in the picture at right. In response, we'll probably avoid growing most of these crops next year.

Eggplant, okra, and sweet peppers declined in yield somewhat. It's not clear why-perhaps we planted fewer, perhaps the soil where they were planted was less fertile, or nearby plantings shaded these crops.

Honey harvest was cut about in half, as our more productive hive from last year got diseased. Hopefully next year the hives do better and aren't already dead.

Leaf lettuce production dropped to zero as we decided not to grow it. Sweet potato harvests declined somewhat, again because we didn't plant quite as many as last year.