Rebekah Harmon

16 c. Of pumpkin
11c. Corn 1320cal
1c. Pumpkin seeds 280cal.

I processed another few pumpkins.
2,880

This project came from a huge desire of mine to make a locally-grown wardrobe. I embarked on a sweater after having spun three spools of yarn from my friend's sheep fiber. From dirty fleece to sweater, I did ALL of the steps for three little scanes. So, why not a sweater? After all, I was expert now, right?

So I picked a pattern, and crocheted till my three little scanes ran out. I SERIOUSLY thought I could finish the whole sweater in one month. Then I made more yarn and discovered that carding, combing, spinning and plying enough yarn would take ages with a drop spindle.

So I bought a spinning wheel! 😁 And spun and... ran out of prepared fiber. Oh man! It was taking so long to prep the fiber. So I bought a drum carder!! And... still took two whole years (and 600$) to spin enough yarn to finish this lumpy sweater.

It fits, but has curves that I don't. 😆 mostly due to me not being used to working with novice-homespun yarn.  I dyed the stripes with onion skins and parsley. The golden color is onions skin on Grey mohair. Not bad for a first sweater. I do love it. 🩷🐑🧶 Playing with fiber is stress-relieving for me. So I'm happy to card here a little, spinning there a little, and fully relish the 3-ply finished yarn going into clothing that keeps me warm 😀.  

Looking forward to many more sweaters ahead. May they be less lumpy every time!

Made some marvelous bean burgers with the new beans I got from Agrarian Harvest. They are splendid!! 8 patties is 1200cal.
Served kale chips with them, 300cal. These weren't local.
on homeade wheat buns made with local flour! Also 1200 cal.
2700cal, plus toppings of ketchup and mayo.
6 plates.

4 more lbs of elk jerky. This is "original" flavor. I like it best, I think. 2,000cal

Oh sheesh. I forgot one more thing. I grew one successful sunflower. 3 Oz of in-shell seeds is 570calories.

16,923.2 is what I get after totaling this up. Not too impressive, but considering a crop failure, I'm not disheartened. Thats why we grow polycultures and diversify options in permaculture, right?

Oh, oops, I forgot that I also ate the weeds. Lambs quarters, purslane, wild mustard, all made good salad greens. I took video of this, but cant seem to find it at the moment. Anyways, I estimate about 75 calories from two salads I ate out of the weeds.

Finally, we found a few more things just before the major frost. Two banana squashes and some new beans. I estimate 50calories for the bigger squash, 25 for the smaller one (which I cut up and cooked like a summer squash) and 35 calories for the beans. That 105calories.

Here are the beans I grew: Scarlett runner and some fava beans. The colors were fun to open up and discover! I hope the seeds will grow more plants next year.
11oz of dried beans is 979.2 calories

The dent corn I grew was a landrace red/yellow mix. It did pretty well, even with the poor soil and bug problems. But stalls started falling over late in the season when the ears started getting heavy. I've never had this happen before! I'm not sure why, but I lost a few stalks to it every windy storm. The garden wasnt in a sheltered location this year.

Regardless, I still saved a beautiful amount of grain. 4lbs and 3.5oz is: 7,340 calories