Weighing your harvest

[alldigging]

We were talking on the plot at the weekend about crop weighing to know yields.
I'd quite like to have some scales out on the plot to make it easier!

If you already do, or are going to weigh - then this survey might be of interest to you.

https://sites.google.com/a/sheffield...myharvest/home

[bretty666]

Electronic fishing scales and a bag!

[Kristen]

I did it for a bit and decided it was way too much effort and gave up.

I have a notebook (on computer) where I record all my crops, and in the notes I put "Too much" / "Not enough" or "Never again" which I use as a guide in following years to plant more / less / none!! to try to get about the right size of crop. I appreciate that that is not the only reason for logging harvest yield - amongst the other reasons are money saved, vegetable qty eaten or just as a useful guide to others for roughly how many plants they need for a harvest of XXX

[Penellype]

I can never be bothered weighing it - I'm in far too much of a hurry to eat it!

[RaptorUK]

I intend on weighing all I harvest this year but will do so in the same state as it would be if bought from a Supermarket, so spuds and root veg washed and topped, beans in their pods, etc. I want a direct idea of how much money I have saved by growing my own . . .

Thats the intention, lets see how I do

[Mikey]

I'm not sure I'm disciplined enough to do this, OH asks what for tea, and I decide based on whats available. I'm still picking PSB, parsnips, leeks, and garlic. My swedes and carrots went on the compost last week as they were either too tough due to lack of frost or riddled with the fly.

I know I could provide all year round as there isn't enough of my plot covered to allow me to grow out of season, maybe this year I need to change that.

[alldigging]

I can never be bothered weighing it - I'm in far too much of a hurry to eat it!

This is usually my problem, it's chopped up and half way to the plate before I remember my plan to weigh things!

[Kristen]

I want a direct idea of how much money I have saved by growing my own . . .

If you would have thrown away some supermarket produce (bought plenty, didn't manage to use it all) whereas you pick just-what-you-need / just-in-time from garden, then you might want to factor in the wastage you used to have, against less/no wastage now.

i.e. if you weight home-grown and just jot down what the price would have been in Supermarket you would not be included the additional cost of throw-aways from a big Supermarket shop

[Bren In Pots]

I know that in the 7 year I've been on the vine I haven't bought a single lettuce so that's got to be a saving of 40 to 50 pound a year because I eat it most days. It's grown all year round in summer its beds and troughs then winter I use my GH border.

[Nannysally99]

We are also going to try and keep a log of what weight or how many we had. The only exception may be peas, as I cannot guarantee they would make it back to the house lol

[RaptorUK]

If you would have thrown away some supermarket produce (bought plenty, didn't manage to use it all) whereas you pick just-what-you-need / just-in-time from garden, then you might want to factor in the wastage you used to have, against less/no wastage now.

i.e. if you weight home-grown and just jot down what the price would have been in Supermarket you would not be included the additional cost of throw-aways from a big Supermarket shop

The only thing we throw away on a regular basis is some lettuce left over in the bag that we buy weekly, and that goes to the Allotment to be added to the compost but I take your point.

[Kristen]

The only thing we throw away on a regular basis is some lettuce left over in the bag that we buy weekly

You do better than we do

[Two_Sheds]

... crop weighing to know yields.

I did it one year, using a simple tally chart, but it was still a faff. I counted over £500 of produce at T3sco prices (normal, not organic prices).

[AllInContainers]

Never taken a weighing, and have no intention of doing so.

[Chippy Minton]

This is usually my problem, it's chopped up and half way to the plate before I remember my plan to weigh things!

You have to remember to weigh yourself before and after.....