Vegetables: 578 lbs, 6.5 oz
Fruit: 42 lbs, 3 oz
Eggs: 799
My goodness, did I smash it last year! I almost doubled my previous year's total of veg, itself a record breaker. Best performers this year were squash at 92 lb (though about half this total was from 2024's harvest, more than half of 2025's large harvest is still hanging out in my living room waiting to be weighed and eaten), cherry tomatoes at more than 66 lb, and plum tomatoes at just under 47 lb. Honorable mentions include almost 36 lb of cabbage; and a close finish of potatoes, zucchini, cauliflower and lettuce(!) each hovering in the 26-28 lb range.
My fruit totals were much higher this year, both because I recorded more (failure to record fruit harvest has been an ongoing issue over the years) and because I grew more. It was a bumper year for figs, and a good one for apples, berries and Morello cherries. However I still didn't weigh the apples (counted them by volume, though I estimate they weighed around 40 lbs themselves) and some other fruits; this official total includes Morello cherries, blackcurrants, figs, pears and plums (does not include apples, strawberries, gooseberries, sweet cherries). Regardless, it was a good year and we still have jars in the pantry and bags in the freezer.The chickens rather slacked off in the egg laying department for 2025, but what can I say? They're all rather old: when they die off, we replace them with younger but still somewhat old chickens, so no wonder the eggs aren't as bountiful. Oh well. We like our feathery friends the way they are. Eggs are just a bonus these days.
The weather was for the most part in my favor this year, but the work I've done on the soil (no dig, plus copious amounts of manure/compost over the years) has definitely played its part. My soil held plenty of moisture, enough to see my allotment plants through to harvest; we had a very dry, hot year and a hosepipe ban from summer onward. Nearly all my plants enjoyed the heat without being too affected by the lack of rain; it also meant a huge decrease in slug pressure. Note: I still needed to water my containers once or twice daily. A few things finished earlier than I'd hoped, such as the snap peas and first sowing of turnips--and my carrots and parsnips were a bit small--but nearly everything else produced well. Exceptionally well.
I grew that much in the past year I don't expect to beat it for 2026: in fact, it was so much work I almost couldn't handle it all. Even tallying it all up over the weekend was somewhat of an ordeal! I would like to grow a similar amount of veg or slightly less. Maybe over 318 lb (2024's total) but not more than 578 lb. I have my seeds ready to start, and I have some standing veg still to be harvested; I will go over last year's plan to hopefully make it a little easier on myself.
See previous grand totals: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
