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We've not gotten close to those yields.
My first crop of potatoes was good - but then came beetles.
Tomato yields were great last year - but this year things warmed up earlier - we've not really gotten summer heat - and EVERYTHING (peas, beans, tomatoes, raspberries) is 2 to 3 weeks late (seemingly all across Canada) while it's the first time ever that we've had a crop of lettuce (it usually bolts - but this year we had lettuce well into late July if you don't mind it a bit bitter).
Each year we generally find a wonderful new pest. This year it's flea beetles (destroyed my brassica crops). I've never so much as seen any of my lambs lettuce come up (been trying spring and fall crops 2 years running now). We still don't know what's destroying our beans at the community garden plots, or what's demolishing our kale at the home gardens. My late planting of Brasilian peans worked out well (I'm still getting some every week) and will plant them again. Likely coons are going after my corn - I planted Indian corn for grinding into flour and it's sweet if you eat it (raw) before it changes color and I'm hoping that they'll stay away from it as it's now dark and more starchy. All squash crops are pretty well shot again - vine borers are hell unless you spray spray spray (that now includes our neighbours and community garden).
We do have a "Square Foot Garden" with Mel's mix - and some things are growing well in there - but not the tomatoes (last year they did wonderfully but required watering AT LEAST daily or lots of blossom end rot - this year they seem anemic). Our of our 6 gardens tomatoes are really only growing well in one. By growing well I mean that I have to use more than those toy wire cages and use wooden stakes about 4' high in order to provide enough support to stop the fruit from tearing the plant to pieces (heritage beefstake, "boars heart" and heavy Italian plum types).
It's funny how Jeavons never mentioned humanure outright in his books - although I believe that they did use it (reading between the lines).
We had blossom end rot five years running. Then we read about putting a single "tums" tablet with each plant when planted. This year we've had no blossom end rot. Seems to work.
Blossom-end rot is caused by calcium ion deficiency and very rapid ripening. Work dolomite into your soil before planting next year. This will give you both calcium and magnesium ions, needed for growth of many plants.
For the squash vine borers, I've found in my garden that planting a different species of squash, Cucurbita moschata, results in my having more squash. The borers are less successful in destroying the vines. One particular variety that I've heard called both trombocino and zucchetta is a bit like a long, curly zucchini. It's pretty productive for me down here in NW Georgia, without needing much more time to first-squash than regular zucchini or yellow squash.
Been gardening vegetables all my life. Diversity is one key to dealing with pests. Plant small patches of many different varieties, and interleave appropriate vegetables. There's a good book called (IIRC) "tomatoes love carrots," which is a store of useful information on that subject.
I've also just encountered the flea beetle for the first time in my life. (New country, new pests). I had fair success with a "mechanical" pesticide: Diatomaceous Earth. Google it and take a look for yourself, my guess is that it is okay for organic use because it's not a poison. Conquered the flea beetles... :)