Dozens of black fabric grow bags standing in rows on cardboard and tarp mulch, planted with potatoes, peppers, brassicas and alliums, each with a small white label. A lichen-covered split-rail fence crosses the right foreground; mown grass, shrubs and summer woodland lie behind.

The record

Every figure, and where it came from

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What got written down

Four units, one weight

Whatever suited the picking is what got written down — individual fruits, cups, heads, bunches. They do not add up to one another, so a count here always means one crop in one unit, and every total is a weight.

Across the season

What each month gave, and what it took

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By crop

Everything that came in

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How the record was kept

What counts as one watering

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Attention

The plants tended on the most days

Whatever a plant gives back, it still wants water. These are the ones that asked most often.

Milestones

The day each crop first came in

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