Boonville Homestead Journal

Part VII · Seasonal statistics

The season, counted honestly

A living summary of the entries recorded so far. Counts update from the journal’s structured field data; unknown weights remain unknown instead of becoming estimates.

66

Dated milestones

February through September 19

16

Crop stories

Each with its own field page

5

Feeding events

Only explicitly documented applications

4:6

Rain : drip notes

Recorded garden water events

6

Pest pressures

Caterpillars, squash bugs, Japanese and blister beetles, aphids/ants, animal browsing

6

Organic responses

Bt, soap, hand-picking, egg removal, barriers, pruning

5

Fall successions

Beans, broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, spinach

7

Preservation records

Potatoes, onions, chives, garlic, and three basil rounds

20

Tested lessons

Results recorded, not just advice

What the totals mean

Counts with their evidence attached

This journal distinguishes a logged event from an estimated total. That keeps the baseline useful when more 2026 entries are added.

29

Harvest milestones

Dated entries that explicitly record picking, pulling, digging, or a harvest. This is not a count of baskets or pounds.

5

Feeding events

  • MAY 7Balanced fertilizer in the direct-sown bean, squash, zucchini, and okra row.
  • JUN 3Compost top-dressing across beans, squash, and zucchini with targeted fertilizer support.
  • JUN 3Broccoli and cauliflower top-dressed with compost and fed 4-6-3.
  • JUN 3Onions fed 4-6-3; potatoes and carrots top-dressed with compost.
  • JUL 30Fall broccoli seedlings fed quarter-strength 4-3-4 liquid fertilizer.
10

Water events in the baseline

4 rain-supplied notes and 6 timed drip notes are explicit enough to count. Routine watering without a dated duration is not invented.

7

Completed storage starts

  • PotatoesCuring began July 8
  • OnionsStaged curing completed after July 22 harvest
  • ChivesLow-heat drying batch stored July 18
  • GarlicHarvested August 17; small mostly undivided bulbs recorded as a planting-time lesson
  • Basil · first roundFive methods completed by August 27: flavor bombs, frozen leaves, dried leaves, pesto, and basil salt
  • Basil · second roundCashew pesto completed September 4; flavor bombs, compound butter, drying bundles, and oil infusion still awaited finishing steps
  • Basil · third roundBasil salt completed September 17; a separate 4.5-cup acidified infusion remained in process

The qualitative total

20 lessons ready for next year

The number matters less than the pattern: observe, intervene precisely, return, and record the response.

  1. Pest controlBt on brassicas
  2. Fruit setHand-pollinating squash
  3. Berry renewalRemoving raspberry floricanes
  4. Season extensionSuccession planting green beans
  5. Soil buildingCompost top-dressing
  6. WaterDrip irrigation by soil feel
  7. AirflowShaking dense herbs after rain
  8. Pest controlJapanese beetle scouting
  9. PropagationPropagating basil in water
  10. PreservationDrying sturdy herbs
  11. StorageCuring onions and garlic
  12. ObservationChecking the treatment tomorrow
  13. Season extensionPreparing the fall bed early
  14. PropagationPropagating declining lavender
  15. Pest controlScouting bean successions separately
  16. ObservationTracking the first lunar-timed planting
  17. Renewal pruningRemoving a finished cucumber vine
  18. Soil measurementRepeating variable berry-soil pH readings
  19. Plant shapingLight tip-pruning young blueberries
  20. CompostingRestoring structure to anaerobic tote compost
How this page grows

New dated field notes can add harvest milestones, water events, feeding actions, pest pressure, succession crops, and preservation batches. The page calculates from those records, so the year-end summary will expand without rewriting the design.