Our reasons are for healthier food at a cheaper price, but it's winds up leaving us pretty prepared in many respects. We don't buy stuff that we don't eat on a regular basis.
I should have mentioned that we grow spinach, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, herbs, and lemons indoors during the winter. Also have a winter garden outdoors. Winter wheat and rye. Lettuce, spinach, and carrots under row covers and the occasional 100 watt bulb which we began stocking a supply several years back.
We also planted a “postage stamp” orchard in 2010, and are hoping to get some apples, peaches, and pears this year. We have wild black berries, persimmons, walnuts, butternuts, hickory nuts, Rosa rugosa(for rose hips)and we planted some additional fruits like blueberries, black berries, and such.
Life is good! The backyard can yield a fully nutritious diet, so if the grocery was not available, we'd be ok.
I am glad you enjoyed my post. Best wishes on your endeavors.
Wanna adopt me and my wife we are clean speak english and are hard orkers id so love to get out of the city slash ghetto